Where does “auceps” come from?

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

auceps (Latin): a bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper

Definitions

  1. a bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper

Ancestry of “auceps”, step by step

auceps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ceps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincepshead
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Latin avis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “auceps”

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