Capitol

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.
• Any particular capitol building, particularly:

Origin

• From Middle English capitolie, capitole; formed from Middle French capitole (from Old French capitoile, chapitoile and Anglo-Norman capitolie, capitole, from Latin Capitōlium. Perhaps ultimately from caput "head". As a French town hall, via French Capitole.