Where does “paramilitar” come from?

paramilitar (Occitan) comes from Occitan militar, from Latin mīlitāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

paramilitar (Occitan): paramilitary

Definitions

  1. paramilitary

Ancestry of “paramilitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanmilitarmilitary
2LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →