Etymology of the English word capitalization
the English word
capitalizationderived from the English word
capitalizeusing the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
derived from the English word
capitalderived 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)
using the English suffix
-ationderived from the Latin suffix
-atioderived from the Latin suffix
-arederived from the French suffix
-ationDerivations in English
recapitalizationCognates
Spanish
capitalizaciónUsage
Word found in Modern English
