captain的词源

英文词源

captainyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
captain: [14] Etymologically, a captain is someone who is at the ‘head’ of an organization, team, etc. It derives ultimately from late Latin capitāneus ‘chief’, a derivative of caput ‘head’, which came to English via Old French capitain. A parallel but earlier formation was chieftain, which also came from late Latin capitāneus, but along a different route, by way of Old French chevetaine.
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captain (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., capitayn, "a leader, chief, one who stands at the head of others," from Old French capitaine "captain, leader," from Late Latin capitaneus "chief," noun use of adjective capitaneus "prominent, chief," from Latin caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum).

Military sense of "officer who commands a company" (rank between major and lieutenant) is from 1560s; naval sense of "officer who commands a man-of-war" is from 1550s, extended to "master or commander of a vessel of any kind" by 1704. Sporting sense is first recorded 1823.
captain (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590s, from captain (n.). Related: Captained; captaining.

中文词源

captain:队长

来自词根cap, 头, 词源同chief, cape.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:captain 词源,captain 含义。

captain:头领,首领;船长,上尉

词根词缀: -capt-头 + -ain名词词尾