Where does “soldiery” come from?
Soldiery derives from Middle English -y suffix added to soldier, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia nominal suffix, from Latin -ivus adjectival suffix, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos suffix.
soldiery (English): Soldiers considered as a group; The profession or...
Definitions
- Soldiers considered as a group; The profession or...
Ancestry of “soldiery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soldier | A member of an army, of any rank; A private in... |
| 2 | Middle English | soudeour | A soldier; a member of an organised army |
| 3 | Old French | soudier | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | soldarius | soldier; mercenary |
| 5 | Late Latin | solidus | a gold coin of the Roman Empire; type of coin;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |