chieftain
English
/ˈtʃiːf.tən/
noun
Definitions
- A leader of a clan or tribe.
- (by extension) A leader of a group.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cheveteyn borrowed from Old French chevetaine derived from Latin capitaneus, caput (head, etc, source) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kauput-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capite English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- chieftaincy English
- chieftainess English
- chieftainly English
- chieftainry English
- chieftainship English
- subchieftain English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulare Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Kap German
- katona Hungarian
- capa Italian
- capitano Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- capote French
- chef French
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- *kapōlo Proto-Indo-European
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- *hafudą Proto-Germanic
- *haubudą Proto-Germanic
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- cheftayne Middle English
- cheveteyn Middle English
- caboce Old French
- capitaine Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chevetaine Old French
- chief Old French
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- capa Sicilian
- capitolie xno
- κατεπάνω gkm
- capa Tarantino