Where does “apucătură” come from?
apucătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian apuca, from Vulgar Latin aucupare, from Latin aucupari, from Latin aucupor, from Latin auceps, from Latin ceps, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
apucătură (Romanian): habit
Definitions
- habit
Ancestry of “apucătură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | apuca | to grab, grip, grasp, seize |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | aucupare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | aucupari | present active infinitive of aucupor |
| 4 | Latin | aucupor | I go bird-catching or fowling; I catch or take... |
| 5 | Latin | auceps | a bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper |
| 6 | Latin | ceps | head |
| 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 |