capilla

/kaˈpiʝa/ · B2 · noun · f

chapel

capilla — chapel

⛪ capilla = cap + illa: a little cap, a hood or small church tucked on a bigger one

From Late Latin cappella, a diminutive of cappa (cape, cloak). The hood was a small cape-piece, and the name moved to the small sanctuary that once housed a saint's cloak. Link capilla with cap and cape.

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