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capitation

Meaninghead

Common meaning: charge or payment for each person

Journey through time

  1. Latincaput‘head’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftshead → tax per personcapitationem‘tax per person’source
  3. Frenchcapitation‘tax per person’source
  4. Englishcapitation‘charge or payment for each person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin caput ‘head’.

Roots

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