Where does “capficar-se” come from?

capficar-se (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-se (Catalan): to become obsessed or excessibly preoccupied with...

Definitions

  1. to become obsessed or excessibly preoccupied with...

Ancestry of “capficar-se”, step by step

capficar-se 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- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →