The story
- Latin · derived fromcaput
- Late Latin · derived fromcapitellum
- Spanish · borrowed fromcaudillo
- English todaycaudillo
From Spanish caudillo, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin caput, capitis (“head”). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and capitellum. More possible, from kaput and ili (iri, ür, uri: town), from Basque language. In Iberian ili is high point, high city.
Words from the same roots
Late Latincapitellum all →
capitalcadet
Latincaput all →
capeachievecapcaptainchefcorporalmischiefchieftaincabochoncaddiejefecaputcadelcapitecapitellumcapitulecattleheadchapemulticipital
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.