Where does “caparbietà” come from?

caparbietà (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.

caparbietà (Italian): stubbornness, obstinacy

Definitions

  1. stubbornness, obstinacy

Ancestry of “caparbietà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancaparbiostubborn, obstinate, dogged
2Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
3Vulgar Latincapus—
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-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 →