Where does “kapacitet” come from?

kapacitet (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French capacité, 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.

kapacitet (Serbo-Croatian): capacity, capability, ability; capacity, volume,...

Definitions

  1. capacity, capability, ability; capacity, volume,...

Ancestry of “kapacitet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcapacitéskill; capacity; past participle of capaciter
2Latincapācitāscapability; capacity
3LatincapāxThat can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy
4Latin-āxish, -y
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 “kapacitet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius