Where does “Armée rouge” come from?
Armée rouge (French) comes from French armée, from Middle French armée, from Latin armātus, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti — to stand.
Armée rouge (French): The Red Army
Definitions
- The Red Army
Ancestry of “Armée rouge”, step by step
Armée rouge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French armée
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | armée | army; armed forces; feminine singular of armé |
| 2 | Middle French | armée | Alternative form of armee |
| 3 | Latin | armātus | armed |
| 4 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via French rouge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rouge | red |
| 2 | Middle French | rouge | red |
| 3 | Old French | roge | red |
| 4 | Latin | rubeus | red, reddish; of or pertaining to the bramble... |
| 5 | Latin | ruber | red approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ruðros | red |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rudʰrós | red |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |