Where does “caba” come from?

caba (Haitian Creole) comes from Spanish acabar, from Vulgar Latin accapare, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

caba (Haitian Creole): to finish

Definitions

  1. to finish

Ancestry of “caba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishacabarto finish; to end; to end up; to run out of
2Vulgar Latinaccaparepresent active infinitive of *accapō;...
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →