Where does “cablogramă” come from?

cablogramă (Romanian) comes from French câblogramme, from English cablegram, from English cable, from Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

cablogramă (Romanian): cablegram

Definitions

  1. cablegram

Ancestry of “cablogramă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcâblogrammecablegram
2EnglishcablegramA telegram transmitted via a submarine cable; To...
3EnglishcableA long object used to make a physical connection;...
4Middle EnglishcableA cable or strong rope; Any kind of rope or...
5Old Northern Frenchcable
6Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō