Where does “Cabezamesada” come from?

Cabezamesada (Spanish) comes from Spanish cabeza, from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

Ancestry of “Cabezamesada”, step by step

Cabezamesada traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cabeza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcabezahead; mind; guy, dude
2Old Spanishcabeçahead
3Vulgar Latincapitia
4Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Spanish [[mesado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish[[mesado

via Spanish mesada]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmesada]]
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-
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