Where does “капита́н” come from?
капита́н (Russian) comes from French capitaine, from Middle French capitaine, from Old French capitaine, from Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
капита́н (Russian): captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
Definitions
- captain, commander, master, skipper, team leader
Ancestry of “капита́н”, step by step
капита́н traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French capitaine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | capitaine | captain, leader |
| 2 | Middle French | capitaine | captain |
| 3 | Old French | capitaine | leader |
| 4 | Latin | capitāneus | large, chief in size |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Italian capitano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | capitano | captain; first-person plural present of... |
via Polish kapitan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kapitan | captain; skipper, shipmaster |