Where does “Capalb” come from?
Capalb (Romanian) comes from Romanian cap, from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “Capalb”, step by step
Capalb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian cap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 2 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 3 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 4 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 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 |