Where does “capote” come from?

capote (Italian) comes from French capote, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capote (Italian): bonnet British, hood US (of a car)

Definitions

  1. bonnet British, hood US (of a car)

Ancestry of “capote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapotegreatcoat; soft top; Ellipsis of capote anglaise
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →