Where does “principalite” come from?
principalite (Middle English) comes from Middle French principalté, from Late Latin principalitas, from Latin principālis, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Ancestry of “principalite”, step by step
principalite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French principalté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | principalté | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | principalitas | |
| 3 | Latin | principālis | first, original |
| 4 | Latin | prīncipium | a beginning, an origin, a commencement |
| 5 | Latin | prīnceps | first, foremost |
| 6 | Latin | primoceps | — |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Anglo-Norman principalté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | principalté | — |