Where does “descabello” come from?
descabello (Spanish) comes from Spanish descabellar, from Spanish cabello, from Old Spanish cabello, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
descabello (Spanish): descabello; Thrust with a descabello
Definitions
- descabello; Thrust with a descabello
Ancestry of “descabello”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | descabellar | to scalp (something) |
| 2 | Spanish | cabello | hair |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cabello | hair |
| 4 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |