myEtymology.com: English etymology of capital

1. Etymology of the English word capital

the English word capital

derived from the Latin word capitalis (of, belonging to head, life)

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

Dutch kapitaal, Dutch kapittel, Dutch kapiteel, French capital, French chapiteau, German Kapital, German Kapitel, German Kapitell, Icelandic kapítal, Italian capitello, Italian capitale, Lithuanian kapitalas, Norwegian kapital, Norwegian kapittel, Norwegian kapitel, Polish kapital, Provençal capitel, Russian кaпитaл, Spanish capitel, Swedish kapital, Swedish kapitel, Swedish kapitäl

derived from the English word capital

derived from the Old French word capitel

derived from the Late Latin word capitellum (small head; capital, chapiter of a column)

derived from the Latin word capitulum (chapter, article; religious; little head; piles, hemorrhoids)

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)