Where does “militaire” come from?

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

Ancestry of “militaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “militaire”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →