Where does “Capella” come from?
Capella (English) comes from Catalan capella, from Latin cappellānus, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Capella (English): A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae
Definitions
- A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae
Ancestry of “Capella”, step by step
Capella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan capella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | capella | chapel |
| 2 | Latin | cappellānus | chaplain |
| 3 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |