Where does “grootkapitalist” come from?
grootkapitalist (Dutch) comes from Dutch grootkapitaal, from Dutch kapitaal, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.
grootkapitalist (Dutch): a business tycoon, a capitalist involved in the higher echelons of very large enterprises; a captain of industry, industrialist, robber baron
Definitions
- a business tycoon, a capitalist involved in the higher echelons of very large enterprises; a captain of industry, industrialist, robber baron
Ancestry of “grootkapitalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | grootkapitaal | finance, in particular large and wealthy... |
| 2 | Dutch | kapitaal | fortune n; capital n; capital c |
| 3 | Italian | capitale | Of or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,... |
| 4 | Polish | kapitał | principal |
| 5 | English | capital | Already-produced durable goods available for use... |
| 6 | French | capital | capital money and wealth |
| 7 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 8 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |