Where does “căpșunar” come from?
căpșunar (Romanian) comes from Romanian căpșună, from Romanian cap, from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
căpșunar (Romanian): strawberry picker
Definitions
- strawberry picker
Ancestry of “căpșunar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | căpșună | strawberry |
| 2 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 3 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 4 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 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 |