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Where does “capacite” come from?

capacite (Middle English) comes from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

capacite (Middle English): Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to...

Definitions

  1. Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to...

Ancestry of “capacite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcapacite—
2Latincapācitās—
3Latincapāx—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “capacite”

  • capacity
  • incapacity
  • incapacitate
  • overcapacity
  • capacitation
  • biocapacity
  • capacitate
  • decapacitation
  • decapacitate
  • discapacitate
  • pseudocapacity
  • recapacitate
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