Where does “caput” come from?
caput (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
caput (Latin): head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
Definitions
- head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
Ancestry of “caput”, step by step
caput traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.