Where does “capità” come from?
capità (Catalan) comes from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
capità (Catalan): captain
Definitions
- captain
Ancestry of “capità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | capitaneus | captain |
| 2 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |