Where does “captieusement” come from?
captieusement (French) comes from French captieux, from Late Latin captiosus, from Latin captio, from Latin capto, from Latin capio, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
captieusement (French): speciously, misleadingly, sophistically
Definitions
- speciously, misleadingly, sophistically
Ancestry of “captieusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | captieux | specious, misleading, sophist |
| 2 | Late Latin | captiosus | fallacious, deceptive; captious; harmful |
| 3 | Latin | captio | deception, fraud, deceit, trick; quibble; catch |
| 4 | Latin | capto | I strive to seize, catch or grasp at; I seek, aim... |
| 5 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |