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Where does “prince” come from?

prince (Old Occitan) comes from Latin princeps, from French princesse, from Old French princesse, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

prince (Old Occitan): prince

Definitions

  1. prince

Ancestry of “prince”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprincepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguished; leader,...
2Frenchprincesseprincess
3Old Frenchprincesseprincess
4Old Frenchprinceprince
5Latinprīnceps—
6Latinprimoceps—
7Latincapiō—
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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