Where does “Cáp Ve” come from?
Cáp Ve (Vietnamese) comes from French Cap-Vert, from Portuguese Cabo Verde, from Portuguese Cabo, from Old Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
Cáp Ve (Vietnamese): Cape Verdean
Ancestry of “Cáp Ve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Cap-Vert | Green Cape |
| 2 | Portuguese | Cabo Verde | Green Cape |
| 3 | Portuguese | Cabo | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | cabo | besides; nearby |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 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 |