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Where does “captage” come from?

captage (French) comes from French capter, from Latin captō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

captage (French): capture; harnessing; picking up

Definitions

  1. capture; harnessing; picking up

Ancestry of “captage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapterto capture, to catch, to pick up; to detect, to...
2Latincaptō—
3Latincapiō—
4Proto-Italickapiōtake
5Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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