Where does “kaboċċa” come from?
kaboċċa (Maltese) comes from Sicilian cappuccia, from Italian capoccia, from Italian -accia, from Latin -aceum, from Latin -aceus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
kaboċċa (Maltese): cabbage
Definitions
- cabbage
Ancestry of “kaboċċa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | cappuccia | — |
| 2 | Italian | capoccia | head of the family, especially a farmhouse... |
| 3 | Italian | -accia | Pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and... |
| 4 | Latin | -aceum | nominative neuter singular of -āceus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -aceus | -aceous; resembling, having the nature of,... |
| 6 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |