Where does “Mannschaftskapitänin” come from?
Mannschaftskapitänin (German) comes from German Mannschaftskapitän, from German kapitän, from Middle High German kapitān, from Old French capitaine, from Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “Mannschaftskapitänin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mannschaftskapitän | team captain, skipper |
| 2 | German | kapitän | captain |
| 3 | Middle High German | kapitān | — |
| 4 | Old French | capitaine | leader |
| 5 | Latin | capitāneus | large, chief in size |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |