Spyke

Replies

news

Comment on

Biden calls for justice after footage released of police killing Black woman

Reply in thread

According to etymonline.com, capital comes from "Latin capitalis 'of the head'". Capitol comes from "Latin Capitolium, [the] name of the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, protector of the city, on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome". The American architecture "deliberately evokes Roman republican imagery". The "relationship of Capitoline to capital is likely but not certain".

Interesting! Thanks for making me look that up!

You reached the end