Masculine
capostipite
Meaning
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) progenitor (any of a person's direct ancestors)
- (by-personal-gender, feminine, figuratively, masculine) archetype
Synonyms
Translations
Hyphenated as
ca‧po‧stì‧pi‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.posˈti.pi.te/
Etymology
From capo- + stipite
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