Where does “cabo” come from?

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

cabo (Portuguese): rank roughly equivalent to corporal; cape; the...

Definitions

  1. rank roughly equivalent to corporal; cape; the...

Ancestry of “cabo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecabobesides; nearby
2Vulgar Latincapus—
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-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 →