Where does “cadet branch” come from?

cadet branch (English) comes from English cadet, from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

cadet branch (English): A house (dynasty) descended from one of the patriarch's younger sons

Definitions

  1. A house (dynasty) descended from one of the patriarch's younger sons

Ancestry of “cadet branch”, step by step

cadet branch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cadet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcadetA student at a military school who is training to...
2Frenchcadetyoungest; cadet, student officer; junior...
3Frenchcapdetchief, captain
4Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English branch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbranchThe woody part of a tree arising from the trunk...
2Middle Englishbranche
3Old Frenchbranchebranch
4Late Latinbrancafootprint, paw; footprint”, later also “paw, claw
5Gaulishvranca
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwrónkeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus
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