Meaning

noun a conservative advocate of capitalism

noun a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)

adjective of or relating to capitalism or capitalists

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin capitālisbor. Old French capitalbor. Middle English capital English capital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās…

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