Where does “Căprăruș” come from?
Căprăruș (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 “Căprăruș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Căpraru | — |
| 2 | Romanian | căprar | goatherd; corporal |
| 3 | Hungarian | káplár | corporal |
| 4 | German | Korporal | non-commissioned officer; Synonym of Rekrut |
| 5 | Italian | caporale | corporal, lance corporal; bossy person; illegal... |
| 6 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 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 |