Etymology

decapacitation

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Today it means: The prevention of capacitation (and subsequent inability to fertilize ova) in spermatozoa. Full definition →

English capacitation ← Middle English capacite ← Old French capacite
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  10. Latincapiō
  11. Latincapāx
  12. Latincapācitās
  13. Old Frenchcapacite
  14. Middle Englishcapacite
  15. Englishcapacity
  16. Englishcapacitate
  17. Englishcapacitation
  18. English todaydecapacitation

From de- + capacitation.

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