LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

accapāre

*accapāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionfinish

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinaccapāre

substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Latin capus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *accapāre From ad (“to”) + capus ("head", later in Romance "end") + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseacabarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese acabar
  • Spanishacabar
  • Sardinianacabbarefrom Spanish acabar
  • Sardinianagabbarefrom Spanish acabar
  • Sardinianaccabbarifrom Spanish acabar
  • Aragoneseacabar
  • Asturianacabar
  • Falaacabalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese acabar
  • Galicianacabarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese acabar
  • Guianese Creolekabafrom Old Galician-Portuguese acabar
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchacheverfrom Old French akever
  • Englishachievefrom Old French akever
  • Bourguignonaichevaifrom Old French akever
  • Champenoisaichevirfrom Old French akever
  • Normanackeverfrom Old French akever
  • Walloonatchverfrom Old French akever
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanacabar
  • Occitanacabar
Italo-Romance
  • Italianaccapare
  • Neapolitanaccapare
  • Neapolitanaccapà
  • Sicilianaccapari

Quick answers

What does accapāre mean in Latin?
accapāre, a verb, means “finish”.
Where does accapāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Latin accapāre.