Where does “capomandamento” come from?
capomandamento (Italian) comes from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
capomandamento (Italian): warrant officer
Definitions
- warrant officer
Ancestry of “capomandamento”, step by step
capomandamento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian capo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 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 |
via Italian mandamento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | mandamento | a former type of Italian administrative district, under the jurisdiction of a pretore magistrate |
| 2 | Italian | mandare | to send, forward, dispatch, transmit; to throw,... |
| 3 | Latin | mandō | to order, command, enjoin |
| 4 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |