Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*kap-
15 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, most common first.
- heavyHaving great weight.
- captainA chief or leader.
- occupationAn activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- capitalismA socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit.
- chieftainA leader of a clan or tribe.
- heftThe feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
- caddieSynonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- precipiceA very steep cliff.
- capitalisticOf or pertaining to capitalism or to capitalists.
- capitulationA reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
- capitulateTo surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
- precipitantInclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
- cadelAn ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See :Commons:Cadel letters.
- capitellumSynonym of capitulum.
- kapalaA cup made from a human skull and used in tantric rituals.