| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | kaput- |
| DEFINITION: | Head.1a. head; behead, forehead, from Old English h afod, head; b. hetman, from Old High German houbit, head. Both a and b from Germanic *haubudam, *haubidam. 2. caddie, cadet, cape2, capital1, capital2, capitate, capitation, capitellum, capitulate, capitulum, capo1, capo2, caprice, captain, cattle, caudillo, chapiter, chapter, chef, chief, chieftain, corporal2; achieve, biceps, decapitate, kerchief, mischief, occiput, precipitate, recapitulate, sinciput, triceps, from Latin caput, head (Pokorny kap-ut- 529.) |
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