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French word cadeau comes from Proto-Indo-European *kaput, Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)

*kaput (Proto-Indo-European)

*kh₂pyéti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be grasping.

*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, [...]

capitulum (Latin)

(Late Latin) A chapter, either:. A head-like object or structure.. A prominent section or formal division of a text.. Various civic and ecclesiastical councils or bodies, as cathedral chapters.

capdel (Old Provençal)

cadeau (French)

Present, gift.

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