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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapitaneuslarge, chief in size; capital; captain, commander
2Latin-aneusOf or pertaining to; -aneous
3Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “capitanus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin -anus →