Where does “капиталец” come from?

капиталец (Russian) comes from Russian капита́л, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

капиталец (Russian): (little) capital, asset money, wealth, etc

Definitions

  1. (little) capital, asset money, wealth, etc

Ancestry of “капиталец”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкапита́лcapital, asset money, wealth, etc
2Latincapitālisof the head or life
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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