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Where does “recruter” come from?

recruter (French) comes from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.

recruter (French): to recruit

Definitions

  1. to recruit

Ancestry of “recruter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
2Frenchrecreute—
3Frenchrecruerecruit
4Old Frenchrecreu—
5Old Frenchrecreistre—

Words derived from “recruter”

  • recruitment
  • recruit
  • recruiting
  • recruiter
  • recruitable
  • postrecruitment
  • prerecruitment
  • overrecruitment
  • unrecruitable
  • recruitee
  • overrecruit
  • recruital
  • underrecruitment
  • nonrecruiting
  • recruitship
  • e-recruitment
  • e-recruiter
  • underrecruit
  • reclutamiento
  • reclutar
  • recrutement
  • prérecrutement
  • rekrutieren
  • リクルート
Every word from Old French recreistre →