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Where does “anticapitalista” come from?

anticapitalista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese capitalista, from Portuguese capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

anticapitalista (Portuguese): anticapitalist

Definitions

  1. anticapitalist

Ancestry of “anticapitalista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecapitalistacapitalist
2Portuguesecapitalcapital; capital city; capital; anything of prime...
3Latincapitālis—
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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