English word chef comes from Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo, Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*kapōlo | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*kh₂pyéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | To be grasping. |
*kaput | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*kaput | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Head. |
caput | Latin (lat) | (New Latin, anatomy) headlike protuberance on an organ or body part, usually bone, for instance caput ulnae. (New Latin, medicine) a disease; a severe swelling of the soft tissues of a newborn's scalp that develops as the baby travels through the birth canal. (figuratively) life. (figuratively) the vital part. (in writings) division, section, paragraph, chapter. (of a river) origin, source, [...] |
*capum | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) head. |
chief | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | (anatomy) head. Front (foremost side of something). Leader, chief. |
cap | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
chief | Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm) | Head. |
chef | French (fr) | (heraldiccharge) chief; top third of a coat of arms. (now, _, literary) head. A boss, chief, leader.. A culinary chef, chief cook. Article, principal point.. Principal motive. |
chef | English (en) | (slang) One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.. Any cook.. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. |