Where does “capolista” come from?
capolista (Italian) comes from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.
capolista (Italian): head of a list; leader
Ancestry of “capolista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 2 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |