Where does “kapitány” come from?
kapitány (Hungarian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
kapitány (Hungarian): captain
Definitions
- captain
Ancestry of “kapitány”, step by step
kapitány traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kapitän
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kapitän | captain |
| 2 | Middle High German | kapitān | — |
| 3 | Old French | capitaine | leader |
| 4 | Latin | capitāneus | large, chief in size |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Italian capitano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | capitano | captain; first-person plural present of... |