Etymology

capture

cap·ture
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Today it means: An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. Full definition →

Middle French capture ← Latin captūra
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  1. Latin · derived fromcaptūra
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromcapture
  3. English todaycapture

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.