cap / capit
head
Latin · caput, capitis
Latin caput, capitis 'head'. The head is the top, the chief, the main part: capital city and capital letter come first, a captain leads, and capitulate once meant to arrange terms under 'heads'.
Memory trick
CAP sits on your head; a CAPtain is the head of the team.
Words from this root
- cap (cap) — a head coveringटोपी
- cape (cape) — a cloak, or headland of landचोगा, अंतरीप
- capital (capit + al) — chief city; main; money fundराजधानी, पूँजी
- capitalism (capital + ism) — system based on private money-makingपूँजीवाद
- capitalist (capital + ist) — one who owns capitalपूँजीपति
- capitalize (capital + ize) — to write in capitals; to profit fromबड़े अक्षरों में लिखना, भुनाना
- capitulate (capit + ulate) — to give in under termsशर्तों पर हार मान लेना
- capitular (capit + ular) — of a chapter or head bodyअध्याय-सभा संबंधी
- captain (cap + tain) — head of a team or shipकप्तान
- chief (chief) — head or leaderप्रमुख, मुखिया
- chieftain (chief + tain) — head of a clan or tribeकबीले का सरदार
- capillary (capill + ary) — hair-thin tube, like a hair of the headकेशिका
- caprice (capr + ice) — sudden unreasonable whimसनक, मनमौज