Where does “militair” come from?

militair (Dutch) comes from Middle French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

militair (Dutch): soldier; military

Definitions

  1. soldier; military

Ancestry of “militair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmilitairemilitary
2LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “militair”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →