Where does “cappare” come from?

cappare (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.

cappare (Catalan): a plant's main shoot or tendril

Definitions

  1. a plant's main shoot or tendril

Ancestry of “cappare”, step by step

cappare 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 pare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanparefather
2Latinpaterfather; head of household; parent
3Proto-Italicpatērfather
4Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

Words derived from “cappare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →