Where does “capitanus” come from?
capitanus (Late Latin) comes from Latin capitaneus, from Latin -aneus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
Ancestry of “capitanus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | capitaneus | large, chief in size; capital; captain, commander |
| 2 | Latin | -aneus | Of or pertaining to; -aneous |
| 3 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “capitanus”