Where does “cabisbaixo” come from?
cabisbaixo (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.
cabisbaixo (Portuguese): having one’s head turned down due to sadness;...
Definitions
- having one’s head turned down due to sadness;...
Ancestry of “cabisbaixo”, step by step
cabisbaixo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cabeça
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cabeça | head |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cabeça | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capitia | — |
| 4 | Latin | capitium | covering for the head; opening in a tunic for the... |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Portuguese baixo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | baixo | low; short; immoral and/or unfair |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | baixo | low; short |
| 3 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |