Where does “Militär” come from?

Militär (German) comes from French militaire, from Middle French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Militär (German): military; serviceman

Definitions

  1. military; serviceman

Ancestry of “Militär”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmilitairemilitary, militaristic; military
2Middle Frenchmilitairemilitary
3LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
4Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
5Latin-ālis
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “Militär

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin -āris
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