cap'ital: Lat. capitalis, from caput, head.
cap'ricorn: Lat. caper, goat, and cornu, horn (the name of one of the signs of the zodiac).
car'dinal: adj Lat. cardinalis, from cardo, cardinis, a hinge.
chan'nel: Lat. canalis, from canna, a reed or pipe.
cir'cle: Lat. circus, from Gr. kirkos, a ring.
circum'ference: Lat. circum, around, and ferre, to bear.
cit'y: Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas, a state or community.
civ'ilized: Lat. civilis, pertaining to an organized community.
cli'mate: Gr. klima, klimatos, slope, the supposed slope of the earth from the Equator to the poles.
coast: Old Fr. coste (New Fr. côte), from Lat. costa, rib, side.