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Added 9 October 2026

caput

/kəˈpʊt/ noun

Latin root: caput Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about caput at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The head.
A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
The top or superior part of a thing.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.

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