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

  1. head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...

Ancestry of “caput”, step by step

caput traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic kaput

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickaputhead
2Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Proto-Indo-European kauput-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankauput-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankapōlohead, bowl

Words derived from “caput”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →