caitif
Old French
noun
Definitions
- captive, prisoner
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *cactivus, captīvus (captive, prisoner) derived from caxtos derived from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kaxtos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *cactivus Latin
- captivitas Latin
- captivo Latin
- captīvus Latin
- concaptivus Latin
- cattivo Italian
- captif French
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂ptós Proto-Indo-European
- captif Middle English
- caytif Middle English
- chaitif Old French
- captiu Catalan, Valencian
- cacht Old Irish
- chetif Middle French
- cativo Old Portuguese
- *kaxtos Proto-Celtic
- cjâtif Friulian
- chaitiu Old Occitan
- caitif xno
- *kaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- caxtos xtg