Where does “reapuca” come from?
reapuca (Romanian) comes from Romanian apuca, from Vulgar Latin aucupare, from Latin aucupari, from Latin aucupor, from Latin auceps, from Latin ceps, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
reapuca (Romanian): to resume
Definitions
- to resume
Ancestry of “reapuca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | apuca | to grab, grip, grasp, seize |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | aucupare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | aucupari | present active infinitive of aucupor |
| 4 | Latin | aucupor | I go bird-catching or fowling; I catch or take... |
| 5 | Latin | auceps | a bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper |
| 6 | Latin | ceps | head |
| 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 |