Where does “capitălaș” come from?

capitălaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian capital, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capitălaș (Romanian): small capital

Definitions

  1. small capital

Ancestry of “capitălaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancapitalcapital; capital, important
2Frenchcapitalcapital money and wealth
3Latincapitālisof the head or life
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →