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
Definitions
- snare, trap
Ancestry of “capcană”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قپان | trap, snare, gin, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals |
| 2 | Classical Persian | قپان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قبان | stilyard |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | κάμπανος | — |
| 5 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 6 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 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 |