Kapitän
German (Berlin)
/kapiˈtɛːn/
noun
Definitions
- captain (on a vessel)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kapitān derived from Old French capitaine (leader) derived from Latin capitāneus.
Origin
Latin
capitāneus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- captain English
- capita Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- caput Latin
- Dampf German
- Dampfschiff German
- Donau German
- Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft German
- Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän German
- Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän German
- Fahrt German
- Flug German
- Flugkapitän German
- Gesellschaft German
- Schifffahrt German
- Cattaneo Italian
- capitano Italian
- kapitein Dutch, Flemish
- capitaine French
- capitán Spanish, Castilian
- kapten Swedish
- capitain Middle English
- captaen Irish
- قبطان Arabic
- قُبْطان Arabic
- capitaine Old French
- chevetaine Old French
- capità Catalan, Valencian
- capitein Middle Dutch
- cap'taine Norman
- kapitān Middle High German
- capitaine Middle French
- kapten Estonian
- kapitein Middle Low German
- kiap Tok Pisin
- kapitán Old Czech
- capitāneus ML