Where does “kapitányság” come from?
kapitányság (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kapitány, 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.
kapitányság (Hungarian): police station
Definitions
- police station
Ancestry of “kapitányság”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kapitány | captain |
| 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 |