capire
Italian (Fiorentino)
/kaˈpi.re/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to understand, fathom, get the point, take the point
- (rare) to fit in something
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *capīre, capere (capture, seize, take) inherited from Proto-Italic *kapiō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂pyéti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *capīre Latin
- capere Latin
- capio Latin
- capio, capere Latin
- capulum Latin
- capibile Italian
- capisci Italian
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂pyéti Proto-Indo-European
- caber Portuguese
- cabível Portuguese
- *habjaną Proto-Germanic
- cabre Catalan, Valencian
- capir Catalan, Valencian
- încăpea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- caber Old Portuguese
- caber Occitan
- caupre Occitan
- *kapiō Proto-Italic
- capî Friulian
- caber Old Spanish
- capir Venetian
- capir Ladin