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Where does “штабс-капитан” come from?

штабс-капитан (Russian) comes from German Stabskapitän.

штабс-капитан (Russian): staff-captain

Definitions

  1. staff-captain

Ancestry of “штабс-капитан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStabskapitän—
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