Where does “[[prinçipal]], [[principal]]” come from?
[[prinçipal]], [[principal]] (Old Spanish) comes from Latin principālis, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Ancestry of “[[prinçipal]], [[principal]]”, step by step