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Where does “cabecera” come from?

cabecera (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.

cabecera (Spanish): headboard, bedhead; head; headline, heading, top

Definitions

  1. headboard, bedhead; head; headline, heading, top

Ancestry of “cabecera”, step by step

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
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