Where does “capello” come from?

capello (Neapolitan) comes from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capello (Neapolitan): hair of the mass growing on the top of the human...

Definitions

  1. hair of the mass growing on the top of the human...

Ancestry of “capello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →