Etymology of the Latin word princeps
the Latin word
princeps (Princeps; senior Senator; leader of pack; first, foremost, leading; leader, chief, first)
derived from the Latin word
primus (chiefs, nobles; first, foremost, best)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Late Latin word
capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-Derivations in Latin
prince,
principalis,
principatus,
principiumDerivations in other languages
Albanian
prink, French
prince, French
princeps, French
principauté, Italian
principe, Portuguese
príncipe, Spanish
prínceps, Spanish
príncipe
