Latin

capiō

‘to take’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin capiō.

53 English words in this record descend from Latin capiō, most familiar first.

• cash ← caisse ← caissa ← capsa
• accept ← accepten ← accepter ← acceptō
• receive ← receyven ← receivre ← recipere
• capable ← capābilis
• cable ← capulum
• chase ← chacen ← chacer ← *captiāre ← captō
• capture ← captūra
• cop ← *coppen ← copian
• acceptable ← acceptābilis ← acceptō ← accipiō
• recipe ← recipiō
• reception ← recepcion ← receptiō ← recipiō
• perception ← percepcioun ← percepcion ← perceptiō ← perceptus

More words from capiō

• recipient
• anticipation
• anticipate
• caption
• susceptible
• deception
• cater
• deceive
• deceptive
• deceit
• preoccupation
• receivable
• captor
• perceptible
• captivate
• imperceptible
• preceptor
• sashay
• percept
• recept
• capisce
• conceptus
• percipient
• perceptor
• capias
• accipient
• acater
• achatour
• anticipant
• captation
• capiat
• capacify
• cabasset
• capaxorder
• deceivably
• deceptory
• percipience
• percipiency
• preoccupate
• suscipient
• susception
• except
• catch
• capacity

Etymograph / Latin capiō