Where does “căpătuială” come from?
căpătuială (Romanian) comes from Romanian căpătui, from Romanian capăt, from Latin capita, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
căpătuială (Romanian): money-making
Definitions
- money-making
Ancestry of “căpătuială”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | căpătui | to enrich oneself |
| 2 | Romanian | capăt | termination, end; extremity; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | capita | nominative plural of caput; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |