Etymology of the Latin word capitellum
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)
Derivations in other languages
English
capitellum, French
capitel, French
chapitre, French
chapiteau, Italian
capitello, Portuguese
cabedelo, Portuguese
capitelado, Portuguese
coudel, Romanian
căpeţel, Spanish
caudillo, Spanish
cabdilloUsage
Word found in Late Latin
