Where does “cabeza” come from?

cabeza (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cabeza (Galician): head; extreme of an axle; extreme or top of...

Definitions

  1. head; extreme of an axle; extreme or top of...

Ancestry of “cabeza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecabeça—
2Vulgar Latincapitia—
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cabeza”

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