Where does “caboche” come from?

caboche (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman caboche, from Old French caboce, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

caboche (Middle English): cabbage; A kind of fish

Definitions

  1. cabbage; A kind of fish

Ancestry of “caboche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normancabochehead; Alternative form of caboce
2Old Frenchcabocehead
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “caboche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →