Where does “nudiceps” come from?

nudiceps (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.

nudiceps (Latin): bare-headed

Definitions

  1. bare-headed

Ancestry of “nudiceps”, step by step

nudiceps 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 nūdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūdusunclothed, nude, naked
2Proto-Italicnogʷedosnaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷedós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →