Where does “unicapitate” come from?
unicapitate (English) comes from English capitate, from English capitation, from Latin capitatio, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unicapitate (English): Singly capitate
Definitions
- Singly capitate
Ancestry of “unicapitate”, step by step
unicapitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English capitate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capitate | Having a distinct globular tip; Forming a dense,... |
| 2 | English | capitation | Performing a headcount; the counting of people; A... |
| 3 | Latin | capitatio | headcount |
| 4 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |