Where does “repousacabezas” come from?

repousacabezas (Galician) comes from Galician cabeza, 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.

repousacabezas (Galician): headrest, head restraint

Definitions

  1. headrest, head restraint

Ancestry of “repousacabezas”, step by step

repousacabezas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cabeza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancabezahead; extreme of an axle; extreme or top of...
2Old Portuguesecabeça
3Vulgar Latincapitia
4Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Galician reposar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianreposar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput
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