Where does “recap” come from?
Recap derives from English capital, which comes from Latin capitālis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kauput-, meaning head.
recap (English): To seal again with a cap; To replace the worn...
Definitions
- To seal again with a cap; To replace the worn...
Ancestry of “recap”, step by step
recap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recapitalization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recapitalization | A restructuring of a company's mixture of equity... |
| 2 | English | capitalization | American spelling and Oxford British English... |
| 3 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 4 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English capacitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capacitor | An electronic component capable of storing... |
| 2 | English | capacity | The ability to hold, receive or absorb; A measure... |
| 3 | Middle English | capacite | Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to... |
| 4 | Old French | capacite | — |
| 5 | Latin | capācitās | capability; capacity |
| 6 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |