Where does “quadriceps” come from?

quadriceps (French) comes from Latin quadriceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

quadriceps (French): quadriceps (muscle)

Definitions

  1. quadriceps (muscle)

Ancestry of “quadriceps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquadricepsfour-headed, having four heads
2Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
3Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
4Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “quadriceps”

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