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Where does “capdet” come from?

capdet (French) comes from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, 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.

capdet (French): chief, captain

Definitions

  1. chief, captain

Ancestry of “capdet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
2Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “capdet”

  • cadet
  • cad
  • caddy
  • caddie
  • cadetship
  • caddish
  • caddishness
  • cadette
  • forecaddie
  • caddishly
  • caddess
  • caddieless
  • caddielike
  • cadet
  • caddy
  • Kadett
  • キャディー
  • kadet
  • kadee
  • kadet
  • кадет
  • kadet
  • kadet
  • caddie
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