Where does “Căpșuneanu” come from?
Căpșuneanu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Căpșuna, from Romanian căpșună, from Romanian cap, from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “Căpșuneanu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Căpșuna | strawberry |
| 2 | Romanian | căpșună | strawberry |
| 3 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 4 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 5 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 6 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 8 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |