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Identify which Latin word is the ancestor of each English word below:

 
caput (plural: capita)  :  head
hospes (plural : hospites) : guest, host
frangere : to break  (fractum : broken)
discus : disc
computare : to count

 
count  ~  frail  ~  disk  ~  decapitate  ~  hospital  ~  dish  ~  computer
fragile  ~  host  ~  cattle  ~  discus  ~  fraction  ~  hospice  ~  capital 
hostel  ~  chattel  ~  chapter  ~  hotel  ~  cap 

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