Etymology

capacitate

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Today it means: To make capable of functioning in a given capacity. Full definition →

English capacity ← Middle English capacite ← Old French capacite
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Latincapiō
  5. Latincapāx
  6. Latincapācitās
  7. Old Frenchcapacite
  8. Middle Englishcapacite
  9. Englishcapacity
  10. English todaycapacitate

From capacity + -ate.

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