kapo
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo derived from Italian capo (head, principal).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
capo
Gloss
head, principal
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
- *capum Latin
- muffla, muffula Latin
- Kapo German
- Capodimonte Italian
- appoggiacapo Italian
- camuffare Italian
- caparra Italian
- capata Italian
- capeggiare Italian
- capirossa Italian
- capo Italian
- capodecina Italian
- capofitto Italian
- capolino Italian
- capone Italian
- caposardina Italian
- capriccio Italian
- copricapo Italian
- sopraccapo Italian
- sottocapo Italian
- vicecapo Italian
- kapo French
- capo Spanish, Castilian
- kapo Polish