Where does “cavetto” come from?
cavetto (English) comes from Italian cavetto, from Italian cavo, from Portuguese Cabo, from Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
cavetto (English): A concave moulding
Definitions
- A concave moulding
Ancestry of “cavetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cavetto | lead, cable |
| 2 | Italian | cavo | hollow; hollow, cavity; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cabo | cape piece of land extending beyond the coast |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | cabo | besides; nearby |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |