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English word capsule comes from Proto-Italic *kapiō (Take, seize.), Latin -ola, Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
*kapiō (Proto-Italic)
Take, seize.
-ola (Latin)
*kh₂pyéti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be grasping.
*kh₂pyé- (Proto-Indo-European)
capere (Latin)
capsa (Latin)
A box, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.
capsula (Latin)
Small box or chest.
capsule (French)
Bottle cap. Cap or primer for a gun. Capsule.
capsule (English)
(attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.. (dialectal, UK, [...]