ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cap from Latin caput, capitis, cappa

 

【cap】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "head"
from Latin "caput, capitis, cappa"from PIE *kaput- "head"

 

 

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[WORD ROOT]root cap
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cap, chief, capit, cip, chieve, chef, chapt, cape, capt, cad, cadd
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) caput, capitis, cappa
[MEANING]root head

 

 

 

 

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 caput genitive capitis; head; leader, guide, chief person; summit; capital city
• 【Latin】 capitis head
• 【Latin】 cappa a cape, hooded cloak

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

achieve, achievement, anticipate, cad, caddie, cadet, cap, cape, capital, capitalisation, capitalism, capitalization, capitular, capitulate, captain, cattle, chapter, chef, chief, escape, recap, recapitulate

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

achieve [verb] from chief < cap
【DEFINITION】 If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to perform, execute, accomplish
【CONJUGATIONs】 achieved, achieved, achieving, achieves
【DERIVATIVEs】 achievable, achievement, achiever, achieve
【SYNONYM】 attain, accomplish
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a(ad); to, toward ⑵ chieve(cap); head

achievement [noun] from chief < cap
【DEFINITION】 An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
【pl.】 achievements
【DERIVATIVEs】 achievable, achievement, achiever, achieve
【SYNONYM】 accomplishment, realisation, realization
【ROOTs】 ⑴ a(ad); to, toward ⑵ chieve(cap); head ⑶ ment; noun suffix

anticipate [verb] from anticipate < cap
【DEFINITION】 If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
【CONJUGATIONs】 anticipated, anticipated, anticipating, anticipates
【DERIVATIVEs】 anticipant, anticipatable, anticipate, anticipated, anticipation, anticipative, anticipatively, anticipator, anticipatorily, anticipatory
【SYNONYM】 forestall, look for
【ROOTs】 ⑴ anti(ante); before, in front of, prior to ⑵ cip(cap); head ⑶ ate; verb suffix

cad [noun] from cad < cap
【DEFINITION】 If you say that a man is a cad, you mean that he treats other people, especially women, badly or unfairly.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 snob
【DERIVATIVEs】 caddish, cad
【SYNONYM】 cadet
【ROOTs】 cad(cap); head

caddie [noun] from cad < cap
【DEFINITION】 In golf, a caddie is a person who carries golf clubs and other equipment for a player.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a cadet, student soldier,
【pl.】 caddies
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cadd(cap); head ⑵ ie(y); suffix

cadet [noun] from cap
【DEFINITION】 A cadet is a young man or woman who is being trained in the armed services or the police.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 younger son or brother
【DERIVATIVEs】 cadetship, cadet
【SYNONYM】 cad
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cad(cap); head ⑵ et; diminutive suffix

cap [noun] from cap
【DEFINITION】 ① A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
② A cap is a special hat which is worn as part of a uniform.
③ If a sports player represents their country in a team game such as football, rugby, or cricket, you can say that they have been awarded a cap.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 hood, head-covering, cape
【pl.】 caps
【DERIVATIVEs】 capper, cap
【ROOTs】 cap; head

cape [noun] from cape < cap
【DEFINITION】 A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 ① sleeveless cloak, circular covering for the shoulders ② promontory, piece of land jutting into a sea or lake
【ROOTs】 cape(cap); head

 

 

capital [noun] from capital < cap
【DEFINITION】 Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
【pl.】 capitals
【DERIVATIVEs】 capital, capitalism
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ al; suffix

capitalisation [noun] from capital < cap
【DEFINITION】 The act or process of capitalizecapitalising.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ al; suffix ⑶ is(ise); suffix ⑷ at(ate); suffix ⑸ ion(ation); noun suffix

capitalism [noun] from capital < cap
【DEFINITION】 Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 capital, capitalism
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ al; suffix ⑶ ism; noun suffix

capitalization [noun] from capital < cap
【DEFINITION】 ① the act or process of capitalizing
② a sum resulting from a process of capitalizing
③ the total liabilities of a business including both ownership capital and borrowed capital
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ al; noun suffix ⑶ iz(ize); verb suffix ⑷ at(ate); suffix ⑸ ion(ation); noun suffix

capitular [noun] from capitulate < cap
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ ular; diminutive suffix

capitulate [verb] from capitulate < cap
【DEFINITION】 If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to draw up a writing in chapters or articles
【CONJUGATIONs】 capitulated, capitulated, capitulating, capitulates
【DERIVATIVEs】 capitulator, capitulate
【SYNONYM】 yield, surrender, give in
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capit(cap); head ⑵ ul(le); suffix ⑶ ate; suffix

captain [noun] from cap
【DEFINITION】 In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 a leader, chief, one who stands at the head of others
【pl.】 captains
【DERIVATIVEs】 captaincy, captainship, captain
【ROOTs】 ⑴ capt(cap); head ⑵ ain(an); noun suffix

cattle [noun] from cattle
【DEFINITION】 Cattle are cows and bulls.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 property
【ROOTs】 cap;

chapter [noun] from chief < cap
【DEFINITION】 A chapter is one of the parts that a book is divided into. Each chapter has a number, and sometimes a title.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 main division of a book
【ROOTs】 ⑴ chapt(cap); head ⑵ er(le); suffix

 

 

chef [noun] from chief < cap
【DEFINITION】 A chef is a cook in a restaurant or hotel.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 head cook
【pl.】 chefs
【ROOTs】 chef(cap); head

chief [adjective] from chief < cap
【DEFINITION】 Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 highest in rank or power; most important or prominent; supreme, best, placed above the rest
【DERIVATIVEs】 chiefless, chiefly, chiefship, chief
【ROOTs】 chief(cap); head

escape [verb] from cape < cap
【DEFINITION】 If you escape from a place, you succeed in getting away from it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 free oneself from confinement; extricate oneself from trouble; get away safely by flight (from battle, an enemy, etc.)
【CONJUGATIONs】 escaped, escaped, escaping, escapes
【DERIVATIVEs】 escapable, escapement, escaper, escape
【SYNONYM】 miss, break with
【ROOTs】 ⑴ es(ex); out, out of, forth ⑵ cape(cap); cape

recap [verb] from cap
【DEFINITION】 You can say that you are going to recap when you want to draw people's attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the main points of an explanation, argument, or description, as a summary of it.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 put a cap on again
【CONJUGATIONs】 recapped, recapped, recapping, recaps
【DERIVATIVEs】 recappable, recap
【SYNONYM】 recapitulate
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; again, behind ⑵ cap; head

recapitulate [verb] from capitulate < cap
【DEFINITION】 You can say that you are going to recapitulate the main points of an explanation, argument, or description when you want to draw attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the most important points as a summary.
【CONJUGATIONs】 recapitulated, recapitulated, recapitulating, recapitulates
【DERIVATIVEs】 recapitulative, recapitulatory, recapitulate
【SYNONYM】 recap
【ROOTs】 ⑴ re; prefix ⑵ capit(cap); head ⑶ ul(le); diminutive suffix ⑷ ate; verb suffix

Other word list containing cap; achievable, sous-chef, vice-captain, ancipital, ancipitous, biceps, bicipital, cabotage, capitulation, chaptrel, chattel, chieftain, co-captain, co-captaincy, decapitate, decapitation, occipital, occiput, precipitation, precipitous, quadriceps, sincipital, sinciput, subcaptain, triceps, tricipital, unicipital, vice-captaincy

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

cant-, cent-
cand-, cend-
cane
camp
calli-, calo-, cal, kal-
cale-, cal-
cal-, calend-, class-
calc-, calcul-, cal-
cad-, cas-, cid-
broad

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cant-, cent- from Latin canere, cantus

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