Where does “decapacitation” come from?
decapacitation (English) comes from English capacitation, from English capacitate, from English capacity, from Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
decapacitation (English): The prevention of capacitation in spermatozoa
Definitions
- The prevention of capacitation in spermatozoa
Ancestry of “decapacitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | capacitation | Enablement; giving the capacity to do something;... |
| 2 | English | capacitate | To make capable of functioning in a given... |
| 3 | English | capacity | The ability to hold, receive or absorb; A measure... |
| 4 | Middle English | capacite | Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to... |
| 5 | Old French | capacite | — |
| 6 | Latin | capācitās | — |
| 7 | Latin | capāx | — |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |