Where does “Căprăroiu” come from?

Căprăroiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Căpraru, from Romanian căprar, from Hungarian káplár, from German Korporal, from Italian caporale, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.

Ancestry of “Căprăroiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianCăpraru
2Romaniancăprargoatherd; corporal
3Hungariankáplárcorporal
4GermanKorporalnon-commissioned officer; Synonym of Rekrut
5Italiancaporalecorporal, lance corporal; bossy person; illegal...
6Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
7Vulgar Latincapus
8Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
9Proto-Italickaputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput