Where does “kapas” come from?
kapas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish capaz, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kapas (Tagalog): upland cotton
Definitions
- upland cotton
Ancestry of “kapas”, step by step
kapas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish capaz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | capaz | able, capable; maybe, perhaps |
| 2 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |