Where does “scăpa” come from?

scăpa (Romanian) comes 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.

scăpa (Romanian): to drop; to escape, get free; to get off

Definitions

  1. to drop; to escape, get free; to get off

Ancestry of “scăpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexcappoto escape; I escape
2Latincāppacape, cloak
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “scăpa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →