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Where does “meunicipalité” come from?

meunicipalité (Norman) comes from French municipalité, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.

meunicipalité (Norman): municipality

Definitions

  1. municipality

Ancestry of “meunicipalité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmunicipalitémunicipality; town council, city council
2Frenchmunicipalmunicipal
3Latinmūnicipālis—
4Latinmūnicipium—
5Latinmūniceps—
6Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
7Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
8Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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