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Where does “capăt” come from?

capăt (Romanian) comes from Latin capita, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capăt (Romanian): termination, end; extremity; first-person...

Definitions

  1. termination, end; extremity; first-person...

Ancestry of “capăt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapitanominative plural of caput; accusative plural of...
2Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
3Proto-Italickaputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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