Where does “šapitó” come from?
šapitó (Czech) comes from French chapiteau, from Old French chapitel, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
šapitó (Czech): circus tent, marquee
Ancestry of “šapitó”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | chapiteau | a circus tent, or any similar set-up used for... |
| 2 | Old French | chapitel | — |
| 3 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |