Where does “scăpătură” come from?

scăpătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian scăpa, from Vulgar Latin excappo, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

scăpătură (Romanian): escape

Definitions

  1. escape

Ancestry of “scăpătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscăpato drop; to escape, get free; to get off
2Vulgar Latinexcappoto escape; I escape
3Latincāppacape, cloak
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-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 →