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capitellum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
capitel-lum
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of capitulum.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capitellum, diminuitive of Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and caudillo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

capitella (plural)

Synonyms

capitulum

Rhymes With

antebellum cerebellum vellum status quo ante bellum flagellum labellum scutellum postbellum flabellum clitellum haustellum vestibulocerebellum

Questions

What does capitellum mean?
Synonym of capitulum.
Where does capitellum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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