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Where does “capillaire” come from?

capillaire (French) comes from Latin capillāris, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

capillaire (French): capillary

Definitions

  1. capillary

Ancestry of “capillaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapillāris—
2Latincapillusa hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “capillaire”

  • capillarity
  • capillaire
  • electrocapillarity
  • thermocapillarity
  • elastocapillarity
  • électrocapillaire
  • électrocapillarité
  • capillarité
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