Where does “forceps” come from?

forceps (Romanian) comes from French forceps, from Latin forceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

forceps (Romanian): forceps

Definitions

  1. forceps

Ancestry of “forceps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchforcepsforceps
2Latinforcepstongs, pincers, forceps
3Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
4Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
5Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-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 →