Where does “kapital” come from?
kapital (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
kapital (Norwegian Nynorsk): capital
Ancestry of “kapital”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | capitale | young cattle |
| 2 | Latin | capitālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “kapital”