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Where does “-cipes” come from?

-cipes (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -kaputis, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

-cipes (Old Latin): "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...

Definitions

  1. "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...

Ancestry of “-cipes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
2Proto-Italickaputhead
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “-cipes”

  • municipal
  • precipitate
  • municipality
  • precipice
  • biceps
  • precipitating
  • quadriceps
  • precipitately
  • immunoprecipitation
  • precipitancy
  • precipitant
  • bicipital
  • municipally
  • municipio
  • cryoprecipitate
  • precipitin
  • municipalization
  • municipium
  • anceps
  • precipitance
  • intermunicipal
  • immunoprecipitate
  • coprecipitate
  • municipalism
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