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Where does “rendőrkapitányság” come from?

rendőrkapitányság (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kapitányság, 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 — to seize, hold.

rendőrkapitányság (Hungarian): police station, police department, police...

Definitions

  1. police station, police department, police...

Ancestry of “rendőrkapitányság”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankapitányság—
2Hungariankapitánycaptain
3Germankapitän—
4Middle High Germankapitān—
5Old Frenchcapitaineleader
6Latincapitāneus—
7Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
8Proto-Italickaputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
10Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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