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Where does “uncapacious” come from?

uncapacious (English) comes from English capacious, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

uncapacious (English): Not capacious

Definitions

  1. Not capacious

Ancestry of “uncapacious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcapaciousHaving a lot of space inside; roomy
2Latincapāx—
3Latin-āx—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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