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Spanish word acabar comes from Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo, Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
*kapōlo (Proto-Indo-European)
*kh₂pyéti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be grasping.
*kaput (Proto-Indo-European)
*kaput (Proto-Italic)
Head.
caput (Latin)
(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)
(Vulgar Latin) head.
cabo (Spanish)
(geography) cape. (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks. (military ranks) corporal. (nautical) cable, rope. (police) sergeant. End, edge, extremity. End, finish, conclusion. Stub, butt, stump.
acabar (Spanish)
(reflexive) to run out of; to come to an end.. (transitive) to finish; to end.