Where does “recaptare” come from?
recaptare (Latin) comes from Latin captare, from Latin capto, from Latin capio, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Ancestry of “recaptare”, step by step
recaptare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin captare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | captare | present active infinitive of captō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | capto | I strive to seize, catch or grasp at; I seek, aim... |
| 3 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |