Where does “kabesera” come from?
kabesera (Tagalog) comes from Spanish cabecera, from Spanish cabeza, from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from Latin capitium, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
kabesera (Tagalog): capital; capital city
Definitions
- capital; capital city
Ancestry of “kabesera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cabecera | headboard, bedhead; head; headline, heading, top |
| 2 | Spanish | cabeza | head; mind; guy, dude |
| 3 | Old Spanish | cabeça | head |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | capitia | — |
| 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 |