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capit
(KAP-it)head
Latin for head. A capital city is the head city; a captain is at the head of a ship or team.
rootLatin
Body & lifeSpellings:capitcap
Example words
capital
the head city or the upper-case form of a letter
captain
the head of a team or ship
decapitate
to cut off the head
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 7, 8
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Body & life. Roots that name parts of the body and the idea of being alive.
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