Where does “capón” come from?

capón (Venetian) comes from Latin cappo, from Latin capo, from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

capón (Venetian): capon

Definitions

  1. capon

Ancestry of “capón”, step by step

capón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cappo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincappo—
2Latincapoa capon
3Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

via Latin capponem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapponem—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop- →Every word from Latin capo →Every word from Latin cappo →