Where does “cap” come from?

cap (Romanian) comes from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cap (Romanian): head; cape

Definitions

  1. head; cape

Ancestry of “cap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapcape; head; heading
2Occitancaphead; cape, headland
3Old Occitancap
4Vulgar Latincapus
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cap

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-Every word from Proto-Indo-European káputEvery word from Proto-Italic kaput