Where does “pallidiceps” come from?

pallidiceps (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.

pallidiceps (Latin): pale-headed

Definitions

  1. pale-headed

Ancestry of “pallidiceps”, step by step

pallidiceps 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 pallidus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →