Where does “Boche” come from?
Boche (English) comes from French boche, from French tête de boche, from French caboche, from French caboce, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
Boche (English): A German
Ancestry of “Boche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | boche | Boche, Kraut, German |
| 2 | French | tête de boche | stubbornhead |
| 3 | French | caboche | head |
| 4 | French | caboce | — |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |