Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about CAPTAIN!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: captain is a military rank in armies, navies, coast guards, etc. “[the one] placed at the top”, or “the topmost” was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank this hybridized term gave rise to the English language term captain . it has its equivalents in other languages (capitan, capitaine, capitano, Capito, Kapitän, Kapteeni,