Where does “pălăriereasă” come from?
pălăriereasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian pălărier, from Romanian pălărie, from Italian cappelleria, from Italian cappello, from Medieval Latin capellus, from Medieval Latin cappa, from Latin capitulare, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “pălăriereasă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pălărier | hatter |
| 2 | Romanian | pălărie | hat |
| 3 | Italian | cappelleria | hat shop |
| 4 | Italian | cappello | hat |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | capellus | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cappa | cape, sleeveless coat |
| 7 | Latin | capitulare | head tax |
| 8 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |