Where does “cabeciduro” come from?

cabeciduro (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.

cabeciduro (Spanish): stubborn

Definitions

  1. stubborn

Ancestry of “cabeciduro”, step by step

cabeciduro traces back through two 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 duro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdurohard; firm, solid; hard, difficult
2Old Spanishduro
3Latindūrus
4Proto-Italicdūros
5Proto-Indo-Europeanduh₂-ró-slong, far
6Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-