*kap-
原始印欧语根词,意为“抓住”。
它构成或部分构成以下单词: accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; cacciatore; caitiff; capable; capacious; capacity; capias; capiche; capstan; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case (n.2) “容器”; catch; catchpoll; cater; chase (n.1) “狩猎”; chase (v.) “追逐,狩猎”; chasse; chasseur; conceive; cop (v.) “抓住,捕捉”; copper (n.2) “警察”; deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk (n.); heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; intussusception; manciple; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible。
它是以下单词的假设来源/其存在的证据由以下单词提供:梵语 kapati “两把手”; 希腊语 kaptein “吞咽,狼吞虎咽”, kope “桨,把手”; 拉丁语 capax “能够容纳很多,宽广的”, capistrum “缰绳”, capere “抓住,握住; 足够大; 理解”; 拉脱维亚语 kampiu “抓住”; 古爱尔兰语 cacht “女仆”,字面意思是“俘虏”; 威尔士语 caeth “俘虏,奴隶”; 哥特语 haban “拥有,持有”; 古英语 hæft “手柄”, habban “拥有,持有”。