Where does “soldatesque” come from?
soldatesque (French) comes from Spanish soldadesco, from Italian soldatesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
soldatesque (French): soldierly, soldierlike; rabble
Definitions
- soldierly, soldierlike; rabble
Ancestry of “soldatesque”, step by step