The story
- Latin · derived fromcapitulum“charter; chapter”
- French · derived fromcapitoul
- English todaycapitoul
From French capitoul, from the Capitole de Toulouse, the town's city hall (est. 1190). The name referenced the Roman Capitol and the town's Latin capitulum (“charter; chapter”). Doublet of capitol and Capitolium.
Words from the same roots
Latincapitulum all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.