myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of capitale

1. Etymology of the Italian word capitale

the Italian word capitale

derived from the Latin word capitalis (of, belonging to head, life)

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

Dutch kapitaal, Dutch kapittel, Dutch kapiteel, English capital, French capital, French chapiteau, German Kapital, German Kapitel, German Kapitell, Icelandic kapítal, Italian capitello, Lithuanian kapitalas, Norwegian kapital, Norwegian kapittel, Norwegian kapitel, Polish kapital, Provençal capitel, Russian кaпитaл, Spanish capitel, Swedish kapital, Swedish kapitel, Swedish kapitäl

derived from the Italian word capitale