Where does “cabeça” come from?

cabeça (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cabeça (Portuguese): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “cabeça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecabeça—
2Vulgar Latincapitia—
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cabeça”

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