The story
- Latin · derived fromcaput“head”
- Old French · derived fromcaboce
- French · borrowed fromcabochon
- English todaycabochon
Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).
Words from the same roots
Latincaput all →
capeachievecapcaptainchefcorporalmischiefchieftaincaddiejefecaputcaudillocadelcapitecapitellumcapitulecattleheadchapemulticipital
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.