Where does “capo” come from?
Capo comes from Italian capotasto, from Latin caput meaning "head," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kauput- or kapōlo, both meaning "head."
capo (English): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a...
Definitions
- A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a...
Ancestry of “capo”, step by step
capo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English capotasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capotasto | A device, placed across the strings of a fretted... |
| 2 | Italian | capotasto | capotasto |
| 3 | Italian | tasto | key, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard |
| 4 | Italian | tastare | to feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |