Where does “captress” come from?
captress (English) comes from English captor, from Latin captor, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
captress (English): a female captor
Definitions
- a female captor
Ancestry of “captress”, step by step
captress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English captor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | captor | One who is holding a captive or captives; One who... |
| 2 | Latin | captor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |