Where does “capire” come from?
capire (Italian) comes from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
capire (Italian): to understand, fathom, get the point, take the...
Definitions
- to understand, fathom, get the point, take the...
Ancestry of “capire”, step by step
capire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin capere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capere | present active infinitive of capiō; second-person... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Latin capiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |