Etymology

capitellate

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Today it means: Having a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula. Full definition →

New Latin capitellātus
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromcapitellātus
  2. English todaycapitellate

Borrowed from New Latin capitellātus, from capitellum + -ātus, diminutive of caput (“head”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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