Where does “Cape Verdeanness” come from?
Cape Verdeanness (English) comes from English Cape Verdean, from English Cape Verde, from Portuguese Cabo Verde, from Portuguese Cabo, from Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Cape Verdeanness (English): The quality, characteristic or state of being Cape Verdean
Definitions
- The quality, characteristic or state of being Cape Verdean
Ancestry of “Cape Verdeanness”, step by step
Cape Verdeanness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cape Verdean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cape Verdean | Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape... |
| 2 | English | Cape Verde | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cabo Verde | Green Cape |
| 4 | Portuguese | Cabo | cape piece of land extending beyond the coast |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | cabo | besides; nearby |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |