Where does “Kapitalmaßnahme” come from?

Kapitalmaßnahme (German) comes from German kapital, from Italian capitale, from Polish kapitał, from English capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.

Kapitalmaßnahme (German): corporate action, capital measure any event initiated by a public company that brings about a material change to its securities or financial structure

Definitions

  1. corporate action, capital measure any event initiated by a public company that brings about a material change to its securities or financial structure

Ancestry of “Kapitalmaßnahme”, step by step

Kapitalmaßnahme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kapital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankapitalcapital
2ItaliancapitaleOf or pertaining to the head; primary, prime,...
3Polishkapitałprincipal
4EnglishcapitalAlready-produced durable goods available for use...
5Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
6Latincapitālisof the head or life
7Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
8Proto-Italickaputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via German Maßnahme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaßnahmemeasure
2Germanmaßnehmento measure (with a measuring tape), to take measure
3Germannehmento take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
4Middle High Germannëmento take
5Old High Germannemanto take
6Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
7Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
8Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput