Where does “lanskorporaal” come from?
lanskorporaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch korporaal, from Middle French corporal, from Italian caporale, from Italian capo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
lanskorporaal (Dutch): a lance corporal, low (para)military rank, below corporal
Definitions
- a lance corporal, low (para)military rank, below corporal
Ancestry of “lanskorporaal”, step by step
lanskorporaal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch korporaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | korporaal | a corporal, low (para)military rank, below sergeant |
| 2 | Middle French | corporal | — |
| 3 | Italian | caporale | corporal, lance corporal; bossy person; illegal... |
| 4 | Italian | capo | head; boss, chief, leader, master; end |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Dutch lans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lans | A lance |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lance | — |
| 3 | Middle French | lance | lance; lancer; lance |
| 4 | Old French | lance | lance weapon |
| 5 | Latin | lancea | the Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂k- | to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,... |
via English lance corporal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lance corporal | An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl |