chapter
‘one of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. cheapitre, chapitere, chapytre, chapitour < O.F. chapitre ‘chapter (of a book), article (of a treaty), chapter (of a cathedral)’ < chapitle < La.Lat. capitulum ‘main part, chapter of a book’ < Med.Latin ‘a synod or council’ < Lat. caput ‘head’ < chaptuh < kaput- < Tamil kappu