Etymology of the French word chapiteau
the French word
chapiteauderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of chapiteau in French dates from the 12th century.
Cognates
Dutch
kapitaal, Dutch
kapittel, Dutch
kapiteel, English
capital, French
capital, 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
