Etymology

capite

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Today it means: An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage. Full definition →

Latin caput
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcaput“head”
  2. English todaycapite

From Latin caput (“head”).

Words from the same roots

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