Where does “capitular” come from?
capitular (English) comes from Latin capitularium, from Latin capitulāre, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
capitular (English): an act passed in a chapter; a member of a...
Definitions
- an act passed in a chapter; a member of a...
Ancestry of “capitular”, step by step
capitular traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin capitularium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capitularium | capitation tax |
| 2 | Latin | capitulāre | head tax, poll tax |
| 3 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Middle English capituler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | capituler | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | capitulāris | — |
via Medieval Latin capitulare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | capitulare | draw up under headings; head tax |