Capiat
/ˈka.pi.at/noun
Latin third-person singular present subjunctive active of capiō, meaning “may he/she/it seize, take, or capture.”
Did you know?In Latin, forms of *capiō* powered a huge family of words about seizing and taking, and its descendants still haunt English in words like *capture* and *captive*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kap-
“to grasp, seize”
Latin
Latin
capiō
“I seize, take, capture”
Latin
Latin
capiat
“may he/she/it seize or take”
Old French
OF
capturer
“to capture, take prisoner”
Modern English
English
capture
“to seize or take control of something”