sep
Indonesian
[ˈsɛp]
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) boss, chief, head, leader.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish chef derived from French chef (chief, boss, patron, leader) derived from Middle French chief derived from Old French chief (head, leader) derived from Latin *capum, caput (head, etc, source) derived from Proto-Italic *kaput derived from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kauput-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capite English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- chef English
- chief English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulare Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Chef German
- Kap German
- capa Italian
- capo Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- chef Italian
- chef Dutch, Flemish
- chef-kok Dutch, Flemish
- cheffin Dutch, Flemish
- stafchef Dutch, Flemish
- capote French
- chef French
- cheffer French
- derechef French
- sous-chef French
- шеф Russian
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- cabo Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- chef Spanish, Castilian
- jefe Spanish, Castilian
- *kapōlo Proto-Indo-European
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- *káput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- chef Portuguese
- chefe Portuguese
- *hafudą Proto-Germanic
- *haubudą Proto-Germanic
- chef Swedish
- シェフ Japanese
- szef Polish
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- chef Middle English
- chef Danish
- šéf Czech
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chief Old French
- covrechief Old French
- ĉefo Esperanto
- xef Catalan, Valencian
- xefe Galician
- cap Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- şef Turkish
- chef Norman
- sếp Vietnamese
- Chef Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- chief Middle French
- שף Hebrew (modern)
- cabo Old Portuguese
- шеф Macedonian
- cap Aromanian
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- chau Romansh
- cheu Romansh
- cho Romansh
- tgau Romansh
- tgieu Romansh
- acabar Asturian
- cabu Asturian
- xefe Asturian
- cjâf Friulian
- cap Old Occitan
- xefe Old Spanish
- capa Sicilian
- cao Venetian
- cifal Volapük
- capitolie xno
- cup Dalmatian
- chèf Haitian, Haitian Creole
- şef Crimean Tatar
- şeflik Crimean Tatar
- capo Istriot
- capu Corsican
- capa Tarantino