Where does “caposcarico” come from?
caposcarico (Italian) comes from Italian scarico, from Italian carico, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
caposcarico (Italian): jolly person
Definitions
- jolly person
Ancestry of “caposcarico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scarico | unloaded; empty; run-down |
| 2 | Italian | carico | loaded, laden; loaded; charged |
| 3 | Italian | caricare | to load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;... |
| 4 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |