Where does “-ept” come from?

-ept (English) comes from English inceptisol, from Latin inceptum, from Latin inceptus, from Latin incipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

-ept (English): Any inceptisol with clearly defined characteristics

Definitions

  1. Any inceptisol with clearly defined characteristics

Ancestry of “-ept”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinceptisolA kind of freely-draining soil that forms quickly through alteration of parent material and has no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter
2Latininceptumbeginning; attempt, enterprise; nominative neuter...
3Latininceptusbegun, having been begun
4Latinincipiōto begin, to commence
5Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
6Proto-Italickapiōtake
7Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “-ept

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō