Where does “municipal” come from?
municipal (French) comes from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
municipal (French): municipal
Definitions
- municipal
Ancestry of “municipal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 2 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 3 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 4 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 5 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “municipal”
- municipal
- municipality
- muni
- municipally
- municipalization
- intermunicipal
- municipalism
- municipalize
- nonmunicipal
- municipalise
- submunicipal
- quasimunicipal
- submunicipality
- intermunicipality
- municipalité
- municipaliser
- intermunicipal
- munizipal
- municipal
- municipalisation
- intermunicipalité
- meunicipalité
- supramunicipal
- Munizipalität