Where does “Militärgeschichte” come from?
Militärgeschichte (German) comes from German Militär, from French militaire, from Middle French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
Militärgeschichte (German): military history; military story
Definitions
- military history; military story
Ancestry of “Militärgeschichte”, step by step
Militärgeschichte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Militär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Militär | military; serviceman |
| 2 | French | militaire | military, militaristic; military |
| 3 | Middle French | militaire | military |
| 4 | Latin | mīlitāris | Of a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial |
| 5 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via German geschichte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geschichte | history |
| 2 | Middle High German | geschicht(e) | event, struggle, story, history |
| 3 | Old High German | gisciht | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |