Where does “chefiar” come from?
chefiar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese chefia, from Portuguese Chefe, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
chefiar (Portuguese): to oversee; to spearhead
Ancestry of “chefiar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | chefia | chiefdom, leadership, government |
| 2 | Portuguese | Chefe | — |
| 3 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 4 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 5 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |