Etymology of the English word capella
the English word
capelladerived from the Medieval Latin word
capella (chapel; choir; dirty fellow, old goat; man with a goat-like beard; she-goat; meteor type; star in constellation Auriga)
derived from the Latin word
capra (she-goat, nanny-goat)
derived from the Latin word
caper (he-goat, billy-goat; goatish)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
capa (cape, cloak; cassock)
derived from the Latin word
cappa (cape, cloak, cassock)
derived from the Greek word
kappa, κάππα
Usage
Word found in Modern English
