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
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