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Where does “cadetship” come from?

cadetship (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.

cadetship (English): The position, rank, or commission of cadet

Definitions

  1. The position, rank, or commission of cadet

Ancestry of “cadetship”, step by step

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-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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