Where does “capodelegazione” come from?

capodelegazione (Italian) comes from Italian delegazione, from Latin delegatio, from Latin delego, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

capodelegazione (Italian): head of a delegation

Definitions

  1. head of a delegation

Ancestry of “capodelegazione”, step by step

capodelegazione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian delegazione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandelegazionedelegation
2Latindelegatiodelegation
3LatindelegoI send, assign, dispatch, delegate; I confide,...
4Latindē-of; from
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Italian capo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
2Vulgar Latincapus
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 pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti