The story
- Late Latin · derived fromcapitellum“small head”
- French · borrowed fromcadet
- English todaycadet
Borrowed from French cadet, from Gascon capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Attested in English from 1634. Doublet of caddie, cadeau, cadel, capital, capitellum, and caudillo.
Words from the same roots
Frenchcadet all →
cadcaddie
Late Latincapitellum all →
capitalcaudillo
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.