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Americanized form (translation into English) of French Capitaine Dutch Captein or Kaptein Italian Capitano German and Polish or other Slavic Kapitan Hungarian Kapitány and Greek Kapetanos all status names from a title meaning ‘captain’ (ultimately from Late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’ ‘principal’ from caput ‘head’) used to denote a master of a ship a high-ranking official a headman or a person of military rank. In North America the surname Captain may also be derived (shortened and translated) from various Greek patronymics and other derivatives e.g. Kapetanopoulos. Compare Capitan.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
