English word capture comes from Proto-Italic *kapiō (Take, seize.), Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti (To be grasping.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kapiō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Take, seize. |
| *kh₂pyéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | To be grasping. |
| *kh₂pyé- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *kh₂ptós | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Seized, captured. |
| *kaptos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
| capere | Latin (lat) | |
| captus | Latin (lat) | A notion, capacity to comprehend.. A prisoner, captive.. A taking, seizing.. A thing which is taken or grasped. |
| captura | Latin (lat) | (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 (ca. 1400-1600) (frm) | |
| capture | English (en) | 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 [...] |