Where does “capitalist” come from?

capitalist (Romanian) comes from French capitaliste, 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.

capitalist (Romanian): capitalist

Definitions

  1. capitalist

Ancestry of “capitalist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapitalistecapitalist
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

Words derived from “capitalist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →