Etymology of the English word recapitulate
the English word
recapitulatederived from the Late Latin word
recapitulare (recapitulate, go over the main points again)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Medieval Latin word
capitulare (head, poll-tax or levy)
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of recapitulate in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
recapituleren, French
récapituler, German
rekapitulieren, Swedish
rekapituleraUsage
Word found in Modern English
