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

  1. warrant officer

Ancestry of “capomandamento”, step by step

capomandamento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Italian mandamento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmandamentoa former type of Italian administrative district, under the jurisdiction of a pretore magistrate
2Italianmandareto send, forward, dispatch, transmit; to throw,...
3Latinmandōto order, command, enjoin
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-