Where does “scapigliatura” come from?
scapigliatura (Italian) comes from Italian scapigliare, from Italian capello, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
scapigliatura (Italian): profligacy, loose living
Definitions
- profligacy, loose living
Ancestry of “scapigliatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scapigliare | To dishevel or ruffle someone's hair |
| 2 | Italian | capello | a single hair; head hair |
| 3 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |