Where does “municipal” come from?
Municipal comes from French municipal, from Latin municipalis, derived from Latin municip- (municipality) plus the Latin suffix -alis, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root keh₂p- meaning to seize or take.
municipal (English): Of or pertaining to a municipality; Of or...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a municipality; Of or...
Ancestry of “municipal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | municipal | municipal |
| 2 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 3 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 4 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 5 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 6 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |