myEtymology.com: French etymology of capitain

Etymology of the French word capitain

the Old French word capitain

derived from the Latin word capitaneus (captain; large, chief in size; capital)

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

English captain

Catalan capitá, Dutch kapitein, English captain, English chieftain, French capitaine, German Kapitän, Italian capitano, Latin capitaneus, Lithuanian kapitonas, Norwegian kaptein, Polish kapitan, Portuguese capitão, Russian кaпитaн, Spanish capitán, Spanish capitan, Swedish kapten

Word found in Old French