Where does “căpșunică” come from?
căpșunică (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.
căpșunică (Romanian): small strawberry
Definitions
- small strawberry
Ancestry of “căpșunică”, 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 |