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cappella.

chapel; choir; [a capella => unaccompanied (song); ~ magister => choirmaster];

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kapˈpɛl.la]Classical-Latin[kapˈpɛl.la]

  1. little coat

    Early · Medieval-Latin · declension-1 · feminine

  2. chapel

    Early · Medieval-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin capitulum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin -āre Latin capitulāre? Latin cappa ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ella Latin cappella From cappa (“cape; coat”) + -ella (diminutive suffix), literally “little cloak”. First attested circa 660 CE.

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