Majuscule
/ˈmædʒəˌskjuːl/noun
A large letter, especially an uppercase letter, or a style of writing composed of such letters.
Did you know?Majuscule entered English through French and ultimately Latin, and it originally referred to letters written in a larger, more formal hand long before “capital” became the everyday term.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meg-
“to be big, great”
Latin
Latin
maior
“greater, larger”
Late Latin
Latin
maiusculus
“somewhat larger; rather large”
Old French
Old French
majuscule
“a large letter; written in capitals”
English
English
majuscule
“a large letter, especially an uppercase letter”