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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

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

Words derived from “auceps”

  • aucupate
  • aucupatus
  • aucupandus
  • aucupabundus
  • aucupium
  • aucupans
  • aucupaturus
  • aucupari
  • auceps syllabarum
  • aucupor
  • apuca
  • aucupare
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