Where does “cabeçalho” come from?

cabeçalho (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cabeça, 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.

cabeçalho (Portuguese): header; headline, masthead; letterhead

Definitions

  1. header; headline, masthead; letterhead

Ancestry of “cabeçalho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecabeçahead
2Old Portuguesecabeça—
3Vulgar Latincapitia—
4Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-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 →