Where does “encapuchado” come from?
encapuchado (Spanish) comes from Spanish encapuchar, from Spanish capucha, from Spanish capucho, from Italian cappuccio, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
encapuchado (Spanish): hooded; hooded person, hoodie
Definitions
- hooded; hooded person, hoodie
Ancestry of “encapuchado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | encapuchar | to cover with a hood |
| 2 | Spanish | capucha | hood; hoodie |
| 3 | Spanish | capucho | hood |
| 4 | Italian | cappuccio | hood; cowl; top |
| 5 | Latin | capitium | covering for the head; opening in a tunic for the... |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |