Where does “-cipes” come from?

-cipes (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

-cipes (Old Latin): "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...

Definitions

  1. "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...

Ancestry of “-cipes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
2Proto-Italickaputhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “-cipes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →