Where does “caber” come from?

caber (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish caber, from Latin capere, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

caber (Spanish): to fit, enter; to traverse, pass through or...

Definitions

  1. to fit, enter; to traverse, pass through or...

Ancestry of “caber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcaber—
2Latincaperepresent active infinitive of capiō; second-person...
3Proto-Italickapiōtake
4Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “caber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →