Where does “capitão” come from?
capitão (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese capitan, from Ligurian capitan, from Late Latin capitanus, from Latin capitaneus, from Latin -aneus, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
capitão (Portuguese): captain
Definitions
- captain
Ancestry of “capitão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | capitan | — |
| 2 | Ligurian | capitan | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | capitanus | — |
| 4 | Latin | capitaneus | large, chief in size; capital; captain, commander |
| 5 | Latin | -aneus | Of or pertaining to; -aneous |
| 6 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |