Where does “capuz” come from?

capuz (Spanish) comes from French capuce, from Italian cappuccio, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capuz (Spanish): hood

Definitions

  1. hood

Ancestry of “capuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapucehood
2Italiancappucciohood; cowl; top
3Latincapitiumcovering for the head; opening in a tunic for the...
4Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
5Proto-Italickaputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “capuz”

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