Where does “principat” come from?
principat (Romanian) comes from French principat, from Latin principatus, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
principat (Romanian): principality
Ancestry of “principat”, step by step