Where does “cap” come from?

cap (Middle French) comes from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cap (Middle French): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “cap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancap
2Vulgar Latincapus
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cap

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-