Where does “fieldcraft” come from?
fieldcraft (English) comes from English -craft, from Middle English -craft, from Old English -cræft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
fieldcraft (English): The basic military skills required to operate in...
Definitions
- The basic military skills required to operate in...
Ancestry of “fieldcraft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -craft | Denoting a skill of a particular kind; Denoting a... |
| 2 | Middle English | -craft | — |
| 3 | Old English | -cræft | denoting an art or science; denoting strength or... |
| 4 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |