Where does “cheve” come from?
cheve (Haitian Creole) comes from French cheveux, from French cheveu, from Middle French cheveu, from Old French cheveu, from Old French chevel, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
cheve (Haitian Creole): hair
Definitions
- hair
Ancestry of “cheve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cheveux | plural of cheveu; hair |
| 2 | French | cheveu | a headhair |
| 3 | Middle French | cheveu | a hair |
| 4 | Old French | cheveu | a hair |
| 5 | Old French | chevel | hair |
| 6 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |