Where does “capolevare” come from?

capolevare (Italian) comes from Italian levare, from Spanish levantar, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis — light.

capolevare (Italian): to overturn, to capsize

Definitions

  1. to overturn, to capsize

Ancestry of “capolevare”, step by step

capolevare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian levare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlevareto take, take away, take off, move away, remove,...
2Spanishlevantarto lift; to raise, put up; to put up; build up
3FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
4Middle Frenchleverto lift
5Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
6Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
7Latinlēvislight, not heavy
8Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

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 h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis →