Where does “chatel” come from?

chatel (Middle English) comes from Old French chatel, from Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Ancestry of “chatel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchatelpossession; Alternative form of chastel
2Latincapitālecapital crime
3Latincapitālisof the head or life
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “chatel”

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