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