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Where does “kaplar” come from?

kaplar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian káplár, from German Korporal, from Italian caporale, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.

kaplar (Serbo-Croatian): corporal; sergeant

Definitions

  1. corporal; sergeant

Ancestry of “kaplar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankáplárcorporal
2GermanKorporalnon-commissioned officer; Synonym of Rekrut
3Italiancaporalecorporal, lance corporal; bossy person; illegal...
4Italiancapohead; boss, chief, leader, master; end
5Vulgar Latincapus—
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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