Where does “căprar” come from?
căprar (Romanian) comes from Hungarian káplár, from German Korporal, from Italian caporale, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
căprar (Romanian): goatherd; corporal
Definitions
- goatherd; corporal
Ancestry of “căprar”, step by step
căprar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian káplár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | káplár | corporal |
| 2 | German | Korporal | non-commissioned officer; Synonym of Rekrut |
| 3 | Italian | caporale | corporal, lance corporal; bossy person; illegal... |
| 4 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |