Where does “caparbieria” come from?
caparbieria (Italian) comes from Italian caparbio, 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.
caparbieria (Italian): stubbornness, obstinacy, doggedness
Definitions
- stubbornness, obstinacy, doggedness
Ancestry of “caparbieria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | caparbio | stubborn, obstinate, dogged |
| 2 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |