Where does “cap” come from?

cap (French) comes from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cap (French): cape; head; heading

Definitions

  1. cape; head; heading

Ancestry of “cap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitancaphead; cape, headland
2Old Occitancap—
3Vulgar Latincapus—
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →