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Where does “municipalismo” come from?

municipalismo (Italian) comes from Italian municipale, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.

municipalismo (Italian): municipalism; parochialism

Definitions

  1. municipalism; parochialism

Ancestry of “municipalismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmunicipalemunicipal
2Latinmūnicipālis—
3Latinmūnicipium—
4Latinmūniceps—
5Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
6Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
7Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
8Proto-Italickaputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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