Capitoline Hill

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Latin Capitōlīnus mons

The story

Calque of Latin Capitōlīnus mons, from Capitōlīnus + mons (“hill”), from Capitōlium (“the Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.