Etymology

capel

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Today it means: A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. Full definition →

Old Norse [Term?] ← Latin caballus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcaballus
  2. Old Norse · derived from[Term?]
  3. English todaycapel

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Words from the same roots

Latincaballus all →

cavalierchevaliercaplecaballeria

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