caudillo
English
/kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A leader.
- A military dictator, especially one ruling in Latin America.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian caudillo derived from Latin capitellum, caput (head, etc, source).
Origin
Latin
caput
Gloss
head, etc, source
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cadel English
- capite English
- capitellum English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- caudilloship English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitis, caput Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Kap German
- Kapitell German
- capa Italian
- capitello Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- cadet French
- capote French
- caudillo French
- chef French
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- cabdillo Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- caudillaje Spanish, Castilian
- caudillazgo Spanish, Castilian
- caudillismo Spanish, Castilian
- caudillo Spanish, Castilian
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapitel Norwegian Bokmål
- kapitél Norwegian Bokmål
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- caudilho Portuguese
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chapitel Old French
- chief Old French
- cabdell Catalan, Valencian
- căpețel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- capdet Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- capdel Old Occitan
- cabdiello Old Spanish
- capa Sicilian
- capitolie xno
- capa Tarantino