Where does “capicua” come from?

capicua (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.

capicua (Catalan): palindromic number; ticket with a palindromic...

Definitions

  1. palindromic number; ticket with a palindromic...

Ancestry of “capicua”, step by step

capicua traces back through 3 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 cua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancuatail; queue; ponytail
2Latincōda
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

via Catalan i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalaniThe Latin letter I; and; used to connect two...
2Old Catalane

Words derived from “capicua

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput