capacite
Middle English
/kaˈpasiteː/
noun
Definitions
- Ability, competence, capableness; the degree to which something is capable.
- The degree to which something is capable of holding; capacity, volume.
- Authorisation given by a government or legal authority or a bill granting it.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French capacite derived from Latin capācitās (capacity, capability).
Origin
Latin
capācitās
Gloss
capacity, capability
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biocapacity English
- capacitate English
- capacity English
- incapacity English
- overcapacity English
- pseudocapacity English
- subcapacity English
- supracapacity English
- capācitās Latin
- capāx Latin
- Kapazität German
- capacidad Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- capacidade Portuguese
- capacitet Swedish
- capacite Old French
- capacité Old French
- capacidade Galician
- kapasiti Malay