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English word capture comes from Proto-Italic *kapiō (Take, seize.), Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
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*kapiō (Proto-Italic)
Take, seize.
*kh₂pyéti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be grasping.
*kh₂pyé- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kh₂ptós (Proto-Indo-European)
Seized, captured.
*kaptos (Proto-Italic)
capere (Latin)
captus (Latin)
A notion, capacity to comprehend.. A prisoner, captive.. A taking, seizing.. A thing which is taken or grasped.
captura (Latin)
(gained by low or immoral employments) Gain, profit, takings, earnings, reward, pay, hire, wages.. (of animals) A taking, catching; capture.. That which is taken; prey.
capture (Middle French)
capture (English)
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).. To reproduce convincingly.. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.. Something that has been captured; a [...]