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‘the head of a pillar’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. capitale, capitall < A.F. capitel < O.F. chapitel < Mod.F. chapiteau < Lat. capitellum ‘head of a column or pillar’ < caput ‘head’ < kapit < kaput- < Tamil kappu
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English words derived from Tamil kappal connoting 'ship'