capital
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
capit
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
capital
involving or punishable by death (as a capital crime); most important
adj. 死罪的, 重要的, 大写的, 资本的; n. 首都, 资本, 大写字母;
Dissection of capital
capital = capit (head) + -al (characteristic of);
capital = relating to head; most important
Now Repeat my Dissection
capital = relating to head; most important
Important roots for this word:
-al
capit
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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