köken: Inherited from Middle French capitaine, from Old French capitaine, borrowed from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput. Compare the inherited Old French chevetaine (whence English chieftain). Doublet of cheftaine.
aile: âge du capitaine, capitainat, capitaine de corvette, capitaine de frégate, capitaine de soirée, capitaine de vaisseau, capitaine de vaisseau-major, capitaine d'industrie, capitainerie, capitainesse
köken: Borrowed from Late Latin capitāneus, from caput (“head”) + -āneus.
aile: capitán a guerra, capitán chino, capitán de alto bordo, capitán de banderas, capitán de batallón, capitán de corbeta, capitán de fragata, capitán de guardias de corps, capitán de lanzas, capitán de llaves
köken: From earlier ناوخدا (nâvxodâ), compound of ناو (nâv, “boat, ship”) + خدا (xodâ, “master, lord, chief”). Compare Ancient Greek ναύκληρος (naúklēros), Latin nauclērus for the formation.
a colonel · a captain (naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral) · a group captain
köken: 大 (“grand”) + 佐 (“assistant”), likely modeled after 大将 (taishō, “general”). See 佐官 (sakan, “field officer”) for more. Compare North Korean 대좌 (daejwa) and Vietnamese đại tá (“senior colonel/captain”), North Korean 상좌 (sangjwa) and Vietnamese thượng tá (“army colonel; naval captain”), South Korean 대령 (daeryeong, “army colonel; naval captain”), and mainland Mandarin 大校 (dàxiào, “senior…
köken: Etymology tree Portuguese capitãobor.? English captininflu. Hindi कप्तान Possibly borrowed from Portuguese capitão, influenced by English captin. Compare Konkani कापितांव (kāpitāuva), Marathi कप्तान (kaptān), कापीतांव (kāpītāuva), कपीत (kapīt).
köken: From Italian capitano (itself from Late Latin capitāneus), entering in the Middle Ages, probably through a Levantine route; cf. Greek καπετάνιος (kapetánios), Turkish kaptan. Compare also Aromanian cãpitan. Doublet of căpătâi.
captain (a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral) · captain (one of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.) · commander of a fortress
çekim: çoğul kapitányok
köken: A wanderword, via German Kapitän and Italian capitano.