Where does “capitalista” come from?
capitalista (Spanish) comes from French capitaliste, from French capital, from Latin capitālis, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
capitalista (Spanish): capitalist
Definitions
- capitalist
Ancestry of “capitalista”, step by step
capitalista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French capitaliste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | capitaliste | capitalist |
| 2 | French | capital | capital money and wealth |
| 3 | Latin | capitālis | of the head or life |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Spanish capital
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | capital | capital |