Where does “brigadier” come from?
Brigadier comes from French brigadier, formed from French brigade with the French suffix -er, ultimately derived from Latin -arius, a suffix forming agent nouns.
brigadier (English): An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade;...
Definitions
- An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade;...
Ancestry of “brigadier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | brigadier | brigadier military |
| 2 | French | brigade | brigade |
| 3 | Middle French | brigade | brigade |
| 4 | Italian | brigata | group, party; brigade |
| 5 | Italian | -ata | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 6 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |