The story
- Latin · derived fromcaput“head”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromcapitulum“chapter”
- English todaycapitule
Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“chapter”) (diminutive of Latin caput (“head”)).
Words from the same roots
Latincaput all →
capeachievecapcaptainchefcorporalmischiefchieftaincabochoncaddiejefecaputcaudillocadelcapitecapitellumcattleheadchapemulticipital
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.