Where does “capita” come from?
capita (Italian) comes from Italian capitare, from Vulgar Latin capitare, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
capita (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “capita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | capitare | to happen; to turn up, to arise, to occur; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | capitare | — |
| 3 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |