Re: [tied] Re: Etymology for Byzantine Katepan(os)

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:45:39 +0000, dmilt1896@... wrote:

>I find at:
>http://www.gutenberg2000.de/gregorov/wanderit/wand242.htm
> "Ein griechischer Statthalter saß seitdem in Bari als Katapan
>(Capitaneus), von welchem Titel auch Apulien den Namen
>Capitanata erhielt."
>How likely does "Katapan" as a metathesis for "capitaneus" seem?

Coromines claims that Romance capitanus was formed from capitaneus under
the influence of Byz. Greek katepáno: (later also katepános), which has an
independent Greek etymology kat-ep-ano: (= ep-ano: "on top, above",
augmented with kata- "completely")


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