Where does “Buchkapitel” come from?

Buchkapitel (German) comes from German kapitel, from Middle High German kapitel, from Old High German kapital, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Buchkapitel (German): book chapter

Definitions

  1. book chapter

Ancestry of “Buchkapitel”, step by step

Buchkapitel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kapitel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapitelchapter section of a text
2Middle High Germankapitel
3Old High Germankapital
4LatincapitulumA head-like object or structure; A chapter,...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German būch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbūchbook collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication
2Middle High Germanbuoch
3Old High Germanbuohbook
4Proto-Germanicbōk
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin capitulum
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