Where does “capficar” come from?

capficar (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.

capficar (Catalan): to insert the end of (something) into something else

Definitions

  1. to insert the end of (something) into something else

Ancestry of “capficar”, step by step

capficar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan cap

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

via Catalan ficar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanficarto insert, to put in; to meddle, to interfere
2Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre—
3Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
4Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →