"soldier" in seven languages
Meaningsoldier
Spanish
soldado
/solˈdado/
masc.borrowed · Italian soldato
French
soldat
/sɔlda/
masc.borrowed · Italian soldato
Italian
soldato
/solˈdato/
masc.inherited
From soldare 'to pay', built on soldo, the coin.
Portuguese
soldado
/sowˈdadu/
masc.borrowed · Italian soldato
Romanian
soldat
/solˈdat/
masc.borrowed · French soldat / Italian soldato
Catalan
soldat
/sulˈdat/
masc.borrowed · Italian soldato
English
soldier
/ˈsoʊldʒɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French soudier
English → ItaliansoldiersoldatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SOLIDUM‘the solidus, a gold coin (lit. 'solid')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A soldier is literally 'a paid man': Renaissance Italy hired its armies, and the word spread with its mercenaries. See Italian soldi, 'money'.
English relatives: soldier, solid
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