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English word principle comes from Latin capio (I capture, seize, take. I take in, understand. I take on.), Proto-Italic *priisemos (Foremost, first.), Proto-Italic - kaps, Latin ceps
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capio (Latin)
I capture, seize, take. I take in, understand. I take on.
*priisemos (Proto-Italic)
Foremost, first.
- kaps (Proto-Italic)
ceps (Latin)
primus (Latin)
(ordinal) first.
*priisemokaps (Proto-Italic)
Leader Chief, distinguished.
*primoceps (Latin)
princeps civitatis (Latin)
principium (Latin)
(in the plural) the elements, the first principles. (military, in the plural) the front ranks, camp headquarters. A beginning, an origin. A groundwork, a foundation.
principe (Old French)
principle (English)
(transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct. (obsolete) A beginning.. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.. (sometimes, pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a [...]