chevetaine

== Old French == === Alternative forms === chastain cheftain chevetaigne (Anglo-Norman) chevetain === Etymology === From Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput. === Noun === chevetaine oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevetaines, nominative singular chevetaines, nominative plural chevetaine) chief; captain; leader ==== Descendants ==== French: cheftaine, cheftain → Middle English: cheveteynEnglish: chieftainFrench: cheftaineScots: chieftain === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “chevetaine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.