Where does “capocorrente” come from?

capocorrente (Italian) comes from Italian corrente, from Latin currēns, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

capocorrente (Italian): leader of a political faction

Definitions

  1. leader of a political faction

Ancestry of “capocorrente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancorrenterunning; current, valid; ordinary
2Latincurrēnsrunning
3Latincurrōto run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →