Where does “-ceps” come from?

-ceps (Latin) comes from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

-ceps (Latin): -headed; -fold; -catcher

Definitions

  1. -headed; -fold; -catcher

Ancestry of “-ceps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
2Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “-ceps”

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