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