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Where does “inacabado” come from?

inacabado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese acabado, from Portuguese acabar, from Old Portuguese acabar, from Vulgar Latin accapare, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

inacabado (Portuguese): unfinished

Definitions

  1. unfinished

Ancestry of “inacabado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseacabadoover; finished; finished; polished; exhausted;...
2Portugueseacabarto finish; to complete; to finish; to end up
3Old Portugueseacabar—
4Vulgar Latinaccaparepresent active infinitive of *accapō;...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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