cap / cept / ceiv / cip
to take, to seize
Latin · capere / captus
Latin capere means to take or seize, appearing as cap, cept, ceiv and cip: to accept is to take toward you, to receive is to take back, to perceive is to take in.
Memory trick
Cap: a hand grabs a cap off the shelf; capere means to take.
Words from this root
- accept (ac + cept) — to take toward oneself, agreeस्वीकार करना
- acceptable (ac + cept + able) — good enough to takeस्वीकार्य
- anticipate (anti + cip + ate) — to take beforehand, expectपूर्वानुमान लगाना, प्रतीक्षा करना
- capacity (cap + acity) — room to take or holdक्षमता
- caption (cap + tion) — a title that holds a pictureचित्र का शीर्षक
- captor (capt + or) — a person who takes a prisonerबंदी बनाने वाला
- conception (con + cept + ion) — taking an idea together in mindधारणा, गर्भाधान
- deceive (de + ceive) — to take away truth, trickधोखा देना
- exception (ex + cept + ion) — a thing taken out of a ruleअपवाद
- perceive (per + ceive) — to take in through the sensesसमझना, भाँपना
- precept (pre + cept) — a rule taken beforehandउपदेश, सिद्धांत
- receive (re + ceive) — to take something offered backप्राप्त करना
- reception (re + cept + ion) — an act of receiving, a partyस्वागत, स्वागत समारोह
- receptor (re + cept + or) — a nerve ending that takes in a signalसंवेदक, ग्राही
- municipal (muni + cip + al) — about town governmentनगरपालिका संबंधी