Where does “Capitōlium” come from?

Capitōlium (Latin) comes from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Capitōlium (Latin): The Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, particularly the Roman temples there in antiquity

Definitions

  1. The Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, particularly the Roman temples there in antiquity

Ancestry of “Capitōlium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
2Proto-Italickaputhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “Capitōlium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →