Etymograph

English

capo

Capo comes from Italian; the Italian form is not named.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentform not named
  2. Englishtodaycapo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentform not named
  2. Englishtodaycapo

Another origin of capo

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kap-‘head’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*káput‘head’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaput‘head’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaput‘the head’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CEcapus
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentcapo‘head, chief’uncertain
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.

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