"military" in seven languages
Meaningmilitary
Spanish
militar
/miliˈtaɾ/
learned
French
militaire
/militɛʁ/
learned
Italian
militare
/miliˈtare/
learned
Portuguese
militar
/miliˈtah/
learned
Romanian
militar
/miliˈtar/
learned
Catalan
militar
/miliˈta/
learned
English
military
/ˈmɪlətɛɹi/
from Latin/French · French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris
English → ItalianmilitarymilitareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MĪLITĀREM‘of soldiers (from MĪLES 'soldier')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
From MĪLES 'soldier', a noun that did not survive in speech: the everyday soldier is named after SOLIDUS, the coin he was paid. All four took the adjective from books.
English relatives: militia, militant, militate
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In a sentence
- esHizo el servicio militar.
- frIl a fait son service militaire.
- itHa fatto il servizio militare.
- ptEle fez o serviço militar.
- roA făcut serviciul militar.
- caVa fer el servei militar.
- enHe did his military service.