Where does “caparrut” come from?

caparrut (Catalan) comes from Catalan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

caparrut (Catalan): stubborn

Definitions

  1. stubborn

Ancestry of “caparrut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancaphead; boss, chief, leader; cape
2Vulgar Latincapus
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-
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