Where does “capsator” come from?
capsator (Romanian) comes from Romanian capsă, from Romanian cap, from French cap, from Occitan cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
capsator (Romanian): stapler
Definitions
- stapler
Ancestry of “capsator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | capsă | capsule |
| 2 | Romanian | cap | head; cape |
| 3 | French | cap | cape; head; heading |
| 4 | Occitan | cap | head; cape, headland |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |