Etymology

catepan

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Today it means: The governor of a catepanate such as the Catepanate of Italy, a Byzantine province. Full definition →

Medieval Greek κατεπάνω
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  1. Medieval Greek · borrowed fromκατεπάνω
  2. English todaycatepan

Borrowed from Medieval Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”).

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