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Where does “sinciput” come from?

sinciput (Latin) comes from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

sinciput (Latin): half a head; hence, a cheek half the jowl of a...

Definitions

  1. half a head; hence, a cheek half the jowl of a...

Ancestry of “sinciput”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
2Proto-Italickaputhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “sinciput”

  • sinciput
  • sincipitalis
  • sinciput
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