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