Where does “capezzone” come from?

capezzone (Italian) comes from Italian capezza, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capezzone (Italian): lungeing cavesson

Definitions

  1. lungeing cavesson

Ancestry of “capezzone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapezza—
2Vulgar Latincapitia—
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “capezzone”

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