ENGLISH ROOT WORD: caps from Latin capsa, capere

【caps】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "box, case, chest"
from Latin "capsa, capere"

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[WORD ROOT]root caps
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] caps, case, cash, cass
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) capsa, capere
[MEANING]root box, case, chest

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 capsa [from capere or related to capere] box, case, chest
• 【Latin】 capere to take, grasp, take hold of; to receive, contain

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

caps, capsule, case, cash, cashless, cassette

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

 

 

 

 

 

 

caps [combining form] from caps
【ROOTs】 caps; box, case, chest

capsule [noun] from caps
【DEFINITION】 A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ caps; ⑵ ule; diminutive suffix

case [noun] from case < caps
【DEFINITION】 ① A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
② A case is a person or their particular problem that a doctor, social worker, or other professional is dealing with.
③ If you say that someone is a sad case or a hopeless case, you mean that they are in a sad situation or a hopeless situation.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 receptacle, box, that which encloses or contains,
【SYNONYM】 CASE SHOT, squash
【ROOTs】 case(caps);

cash [noun] from cash < caps
【DEFINITION】 Cash is money in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 money box; money in hand, coin
【pl.】 cash
【DERIVATIVEs】 cashable, cash
【ROOTs】 cash(caps); box, case, chest

cashless [adjective] from cash < caps
【DEFINITION】 functioning, operated, or performed without using coins or banknotes for money transactions but instead using credit cards or electronic transfer of funds
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cash(caps); box, case, chest ⑵ less; adjective suffix

cassette [noun] from case < caps
【DEFINITION】 A cassette is a small, flat, rectangular plastic case containing magnetic tape which is used for recording and playing back sound or film.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cass(caps); box, case, chest ⑵ ette; diminutive suffix

 

 

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

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

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

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