capacitation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Old Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin capāx

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin capācitāsder.

Old French capacitebor.

Middle English capacite

English capacity

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English capacitate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English capacitation

From capacitate + -ion.

Noun

capacitation (countable and uncountable, plural capacitations)

1. Enablement; giving the capacity to do something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (zoology) The process of altering sperm to allow them to fertilize eggs.

Derived terms

• decapacitation

Translations

enablement

• Polish: upoważnienie (pl) n, pełnomocnictwo (pl) n

process of altering sperm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲能 / 获能 (huònéng)

• Indonesian: kapasitasi
• Polish: kapacytacja f
• Swedish: kapacitering (sv) c

See also

• capacitation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia