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Where does “cavo” come from?

cavo (Italian) comes from Portuguese Cabo, from Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cavo (Italian): hollow; hollow, cavity; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. hollow; hollow, cavity; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “cavo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseCabo—
2Old Portuguesecabobesides; nearby
3Vulgar Latincapus—
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cavo”

  • cavetto
  • cavetto
  • cava
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