Etymology

capsule

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Today it means: A membranous envelope. Full definition →

French capsule ← Latin capsula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcapsula
  2. French · borrowed fromcapsule
  3. English todaycapsule

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

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