Etymology

capacious

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Today it means: Having a lot of space inside; roomy. Full definition →

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The story

From Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious. Displaced native Old English numol.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.