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Where does “paramilitær” come from?

paramilitær (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål militær, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

paramilitær (Norwegian Bokmål): paramilitary

Definitions

  1. paramilitary

Ancestry of “paramilitær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmilitærmilitary
2Latinmīlitāris—
3Latin-āris—
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālis—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →