myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of caudillo

Etymology of the Spanish word caudillo

the Spanish word caudillo

derived from the Late Latin word capitellum (small head; capital, chapiter of a column)

derived from the Latin word capitulum (chapter, article; religious; little head; piles, hemorrhoids)

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)

derived from the Latin root *capitellus

English caudillo, French caudillo, Italian caudillo, Portuguese caudilho