Where does “militè” come from?

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

militè (Haitian Creole): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “militè”, 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
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →