Where does “căpșunată” come from?
căpșunată (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.
căpșunată (Romanian): strawberry-flavored liquor
Definitions
- strawberry-flavored liquor
Ancestry of “căpșunată”, 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 |