Capacious
/kəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/noun
Having a lot of space inside; roomy or spacious.
Did you know?Capacious comes from Latin *capax*, from *capere* meaning “to take, seize, hold,” the same ancient root behind words of capture, capacity, and even the idea of being mentally “capable.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to grasp, take, seize”
Latin
Latin
capere
“to take, seize, catch, hold”
Latin
Latin
capax
“able to hold much; roomy, capacious”
Late Latin
Latin
capaciosus
“full of room; spacious”
Middle English
English
capaciouse / capacious
“roomy, able to contain a great amount”
Modern English
English
capacious
“having a lot of space inside; roomy”