Where does “Kapo” come from?

Kapo (German) comes from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Kapo (German): kapo; capo; foreman

Definitions

  1. kapo; capo; foreman

Ancestry of “Kapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
2Vulgar Latincapus—
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “Kapo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →