Where does “capillary” come from?
Capillary derives from Latin capillaris, formed with the suffix -aris from Latin capillus, which traces to Proto-Indo-European kauput- meaning head.
capillary (English): of or pertaining to hair; pertaining to a narrow...
Definitions
- of or pertaining to hair; pertaining to a narrow...
Ancestry of “capillary”, step by step
Words derived from “capillary”
- precapillary
- postcapillary
- capillaritis
- microcapillary
- thermocapillary
- transcapillary
- capillarization
- intercapillary
- electrocapillary
- alveolocapillary
- pericapillary
- multicapillary
- endocapillary
- nanocapillary
- arteriocapillary
- noncapillary
- capillariness
- elastocapillary
- magnetocapillary
- megacapillary
- optocapillary
- capillaric
- capillarily
- cerebrocapillary