Where does “Căpșuna” come from?
Căpșuna (Romanian) comes from Romanian căpșună, from Romanian cap, from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Căpșuna (Romanian): strawberry
Definitions
- strawberry
Ancestry of “Căpșuna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | căpșună | strawberry |
| 2 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 3 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 4 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 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 |