bright northern star (fifth brightest in the heavens), the alpha of the constellation Auriga, by 17c., from Latin capella, literally "little she-goat" (Greek kinesai kheimonas), diminutive of capra "she-goat," fem. of caper "goat" (see cab).
cap-a-pie
caparison
cape
Cape Cod
capeesh
Capella
caper
Capetian
capias
capiche
capillarity