cap/cept

take, seize

Spelled cap, cept · capere, captus 'to take, seize'

Latin capere meant 'take': capture seizes, accept receives what is offered, and a concept is an idea grasped together.

Words built from it

capture — to seize or take by force
cap (take, seize) + -ture (act of)
captive — one who has been seized and held
cap (take, seize) + -tive (one who is)
accept — to take or receive willingly
ac- (toward) + cept (take)
captivate — to seize the attention or interest of
cap (take, seize) + -ivate (to make)
concept — an idea grasped and held by the mind
con- (together) + cept (take)
capacity — the ability to hold, take in, or do something
cap (take, hold) + -acity (ability to)
perceive — to become aware of through the senses
per- (thoroughly) + ceive (cept, take)

capital — from Latin caput 'head'; unrelated to capere 'to take'.
captain — from Latin caput 'head' (a leader, the 'head' of a group); unrelated to capere 'to take'.
escape — from Latin excappare 'get out of one's cape,' not capere 'take'