Where does “aucupium” come from?

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

aucupium (Latin): wildfowling

Definitions

  1. wildfowling

Ancestry of “aucupium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaucepsa bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper
2Latincepshead
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →