kapsel

Polish

noun
Definitions
  • bottle cap, bottle top, crown cap, crown cork
  • blasting cap (small explosive charge designed to detonate a larger secondary charge)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapsel (capsule) derived from Middle High German kapsel derived from Latin capsula (small box chest), capsa (box, case, bookcase, a box), capiō (take, seize, capture, contain, I capture, I seize, I hold, I take, understand, hold, I seize upon, grasp, am large enough for, I lay hold of).

Origin

Latin

capiō

Gloss

take, seize, capture, contain, I capture, I seize, I hold, I take, understand, hold, I seize upon, grasp, am large enough for, I lay hold of

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