Where does “sové” come from?
sové (Réunion Creole French) comes from French cheveu, from Middle French cheveu, from Old French cheveu, from Old French chevel, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
sové (Réunion Creole French): hair
Definitions
- hair
Ancestry of “sové”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cheveu | a headhair |
| 2 | Middle French | cheveu | a hair |
| 3 | Old French | cheveu | a hair |
| 4 | Old French | chevel | hair |
| 5 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |