Where does “exsubjefe” come from?
exsubjefe (Spanish) comes from Spanish subjefe, from Spanish jefe, from Old Spanish xefe, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput — to seize, hold.
exsubjefe (Spanish): former vice boss
Definitions
- former vice boss
Ancestry of “exsubjefe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | subjefe | deputy chief |
| 2 | Spanish | jefe | chief; president; head; leader of a business,... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | xefe | — |
| 4 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 5 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 6 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 8 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |