Where does “capelli” come from?

capelli (Italian) comes from Italian capello, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capelli (Italian): head hair

Definitions

  1. head hair

Ancestry of “capelli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapelloa single hair; head hair
2Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
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 →