Where does “fórceps” come from?

fórceps (Portuguese) comes from Latin forceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

fórceps (Portuguese): forceps instrument used in surgery to grasp objects

Definitions

  1. forceps instrument used in surgery to grasp objects

Ancestry of “fórceps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforcepstongs, pincers, forceps
2Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
3Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
4Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-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 →