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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

  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a...

Ancestry of “capo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcapotastoA device, placed across the strings of a fretted...
2Italiancapotastocapotasto
3Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
4Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
5Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
6Latintaxāre—
7LatinTaxusyew
8Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
9Spanish-scopio-scope
10Latin-scopium—
11Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
12Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
13Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
14Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
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