Where does “recruitment” come from?
Recruitment comes from English recruit, derived from French recruter and French recrue, ultimately from Latin mens meaning "mind" via the Proto-Indo-European root men-.
recruitment (English): The process or art of finding candidates for a...
Definitions
- The process or art of finding candidates for a...
Ancestry of “recruitment”, step by step
recruitment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recruit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 2 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 3 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 4 | French | recreute | — |
| 5 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 6 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 7 | Old French | recreistre | — |
via French recrutement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | recrutement | recruitment |
| 2 | French | -ment | Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb |
| 3 | Middle French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |