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capitulum
Latin · ancient
"a little head, a small division"
literally a little head, a diminutive of caput (head), describing a book's small division
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Stage 2 of 3
chapitre
Old French · medieval
"a division of a book"
carried into French for a division of a written work
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chapter
English · 1200s
"a main division of a written work"
settled as the English word for a main division of a book
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