Where does “capcană” come from?
capcană (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قپان, from Classical Persian قپان, from Arabic قبان, from Byzantine Greek κάμπανος, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.
capcană (Romanian): snare, trap
Ancestry of “capcană”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قپان | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | قپان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قبان | — |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | κάμπανος | — |
| 5 | Latin | Campāna | — |
| 6 | Latin | Campānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |