Captain America: The Winter Soldier

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" ("Captain America 2") is scheduled to be open Friday, April 4 in the U.S. (and, I believe, Canada). Much of the filming of the movie was done here in Cleveland, although the movie story line has it set in Washington, D.C. Native Clevelanders and those familiar with our city will likely recognize several of the buildings and streets, even though street signs and locations were given different names for the filming. The Marvel Studio's movie was directed by two Clevelanders, Anthony and Joe Russo. There was a special premier here the last couple of days for those Clevelanders who took part in the film. For more information:

http://marvel.com/captainamerica#/story

WORD HISTORY:
Captain-This word goes back to Indo European "kauput," which meant "head." This gave its Italic/Latin offspring "caput," with the same meaning. This then spawned an adjectival form, "capitaneus, which meant "prominent, large, main," then also used as a noun to mean "leader." This gave Old French, a Latin based language, "capitaine," with the same meaning. This was then borrowed into English from French in the 1300s. By the 1500s, it had developed the meaning of a military rank, often associated with navy rank for an officer who commanded a ship, but later also an officer rank in the army; that is, land forces. From the "commander of a ship" idea came the verb form, meaning "to command and lead a ship;" also the figurative use, as in, "The guide captained us through some rough terrain."