Where does “manispaa” come from?

manispaa (Swahili) comes from English municipality, from French municipalité, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes — to seize, hold.

manispaa (Swahili): municipality

Definitions

  1. municipality

Ancestry of “manispaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmunicipalityA district with a government that typically...
2Frenchmunicipalitémunicipality; town council, city council
3Frenchmunicipalmunicipal
4Latinmūnicipālismunicipal
5Latinmūnicipiumtownship
6Latinmūnicepscitizen (of a municipium)
7Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
8Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
9Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
10Proto-Italickaputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
12Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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