Where does “capitan” come from?

capitan (Ligurian) comes from Late Latin capitanus, from Latin capitaneus, from Latin -aneus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “capitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincapitanus—
2Latincapitaneuslarge, chief in size; capital; captain, commander
3Latin-aneusOf or pertaining to; -aneous
4Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “capitan”

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