Where does “cabildo” come from?

cabildo (Old Leonese) comes from Late Latin capitulum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cabildo (Old Leonese): lectern

Definitions

  1. lectern

Ancestry of “cabildo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincapitulumchapter; little head
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 →