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Spanish word cabeza comes from Proto-Indo-European *kaput-, and later Proto-Italic *kaput (Head.)
*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, [...]
capitium (Latin)
Covering for the head. Opening in a tunic for the head. Vestment (put on over the head).
capitia (Vulgar Latin)
cabeça (Old Spanish)
Head.
cabeza (Spanish)
(anatomy) head.