Where does “cabelo” come from?

cabelo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cabelo, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cabelo (Galician): hair; hair; head of hair

Definitions

  1. hair; hair; head of hair

Ancestry of “cabelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecabelohair
2Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
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 kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →
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