Where does “pokape” come from?

pokape (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto po, from Russian ПО, from Old East Slavic по, from Proto-Slavic po, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

pokape (Esperanto): per capita

Definitions

  1. per capita

Ancestry of “pokape”, step by step

pokape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopoeach, apiece, at, @; The name of the Latin-script...
2RussianПОsoftware
3Old East Slavicпоon, along, by
4Proto-Slavicpoafter; by; at
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Esperanto kapo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokapohead; kappa
2Latincapusa bird of prey
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó →Every word from Proto-Slavic po →