Where does “capter” come from?

capter (French) comes from Latin captō, 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,...

capter (French): to capture, to catch, to pick up; to detect, to...

Definitions

  1. to capture, to catch, to pick up; to detect, to...

Ancestry of “capter”, step by step

capter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin captō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaptōto strive to seize, catch or grasp at
2Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
3Proto-Italickapiōtake
4Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Latin captāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaptāre
2Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...

Words derived from “capter

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō