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Where does “incaponimento” come from?

incaponimento (Italian) comes from Italian incaponirsi, from Italian capone, 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.

incaponimento (Italian): stubbornness, pigheadedness

Definitions

  1. stubbornness, pigheadedness

Ancestry of “incaponimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianincaponirsiTo be stubborn, obstinate or pigheaded
2ItaliancaponeAugmentative of capo; a large hat; Alternative...
3Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
4Vulgar Latincapus—
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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