caput — etymological root (Latin) | The Missing Workbook

caput Latin

# caput

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** caput

## Words From This Root
- captain - The person in charge of a ship or aircraft.
- chief - The leader or head of a group, organization, or tribe.
- chef - A professional cook, especially the head cook in a restaurant.
- cap - A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a part that sticks out at the front.
- cabbage - A round vegetable with thick green or white leaves, eaten cooked or raw.
- mischief - Playful behaviour that causes small trouble or annoyance, especially by children.
- capitulate - to surrender or yield, often on agreed conditions
- capitalistic - relating to or favoring capitalism
- mischievous - playfully causing minor trouble; full of harmless pranks
- precipitate - to cause to happen suddenly; hasty; a solid separated from a solution
- capitulation - the act of surrendering or ceasing to resist
- chiefly - mainly; for the most part
- precipitous - dangerously high or steep, or done suddenly and hastily
- capricious - given to sudden, unpredictable changes of mood or behavior
- chapiter - the capital or uppermost part of a column or pillar
- chieftain - the leader of a clan, tribe, or band
- precipitant - a substance causing a precipitate; acting with sudden haste
- caprice - a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior
- precipitation - rain, snow, or other water falling from the sky; hasty action
- anticapitalist - opposed to capitalism, or a person holding such views
- cape - a sleeveless cloak; a headland jutting into the sea
- capitalize - to take advantage of; to write in capital letters; to provide capital
- chattel - an item of movable personal property
- mischievously - in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner

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Words from this root (24)

/ˈkæp.tən/ The person in charge of a ship or aircraft. M S

/t͡ʃiːf/ The leader or head of a group, organization, or tribe. M S

/ʃɛf/ A professional cook, especially the head cook in a restaurant. M S

/kæp/ A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a part that sticks out at the front. M S

/ˈkɛb.əd͡ʒ/ A round vegetable with thick green or white leaves, eaten cooked or raw. M S

/ˈmɪs.tʃɪf/ Playful behaviour that causes small trouble or annoyance, especially by children. M S

/kəˈpɪtʃəleɪt/ to surrender or yield, often on agreed conditions M S

capitalistic C2+

/ˌkæpɪtəˈlɪstɪk/ relating to or favoring capitalism M S

mischievous C2+

/ˈmɪstʃɪvəs/ playfully causing minor trouble; full of harmless pranks M S

precipitate C2+

/prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/ to cause to happen suddenly; hasty; a solid separated from a solution M S

capitulation C2+

/kəˌpɪtʃəˈleɪʃən/ the act of surrendering or ceasing to resist M S

/ˈtʃifli/ mainly; for the most part M S

precipitous C2+

/prɪˈsɪpətəs/ dangerously high or steep, or done suddenly and hastily M S

/kəˈprɪʃəs/ given to sudden, unpredictable changes of mood or behavior M S

/ˈtʃæpɪtɚ/ the capital or uppermost part of a column or pillar M S

/ˈtʃiftən/ the leader of a clan, tribe, or band M S

precipitant C2+

/prɪˈsɪpɪtənt/ a substance causing a precipitate; acting with sudden haste M S

/kəˈpris/ a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior M S

precipitation C2+

/prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən/ rain, snow, or other water falling from the sky; hasty action M S

anticapitalist C2+

/ˌæntiˈkæpɪtəlɪst/ opposed to capitalism, or a person holding such views M S

/keɪp/ a sleeveless cloak; a headland jutting into the sea M S

/ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz/ to take advantage of; to write in capital letters; to provide capital M S

/ˈtʃætəl/ an item of movable personal property M S

mischievously C2+

/ˈmɪstʃɪvəsli/ in a playfully troublesome or teasing manner M S