Where does “cheveu” come from?
cheveu (Middle French) comes from Old French cheveu, from Old French chevel, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
cheveu (Middle French): a hair
Ancestry of “cheveu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | cheveu | a hair |
| 2 | Old French | chevel | hair |
| 3 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “cheveu”