Chapter

Morpheme

Chapter

Type

free base

Denotation

prominent section, formal division, uppermost part

Etymology

Middle English chapitre; Old French chapitre; Latin capitulum, from caput + -ulum

Evidence

chapter, chaptered, chapterful, chaptering, chapterlike, chapterplay, chapters, chapterwise, interchapter, microchapter, midchapter, multichapter, subchapter

Notes

chapter, chapiter, and capitulum are doublets

See Also

Chapiter, Capit(e) [Capite, Capit], -ulum