Where does “cadet” come from?
Cadet comes from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, a diminutive of Latin caput meaning head.
cadet (English): A student at a military school who is training to...
Definitions
- A student at a military school who is training to...
Ancestry of “cadet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 2 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 3 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |