Where does “kaptat” come from?
kaptat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian -tat, from Hungarian -tatik, from Swahili -tata, from Swedish tät, from French tête, from Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.
kaptat (Hungarian): to go uphill, climb up, ascend (a steep slope)
Definitions
- to go uphill, climb up, ascend (a steep slope)
Ancestry of “kaptat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | -tat | Added to a verb to form a verb with a meaning of... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -tatik | Added to a back-vowel verb to form a verb with a... |
| 3 | Swahili | -tata | — |
| 4 | Swedish | tät | dense, thick "or" crowded; dense; compact;... |
| 5 | French | tête | head; header; a bright spark, a quick study |
| 6 | Middle French | teste | head |
| 7 | Old French | teste | head |
| 8 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 9 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 10 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |