Where does “армија” come from?
армија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old French armee, from Latin armātus, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
армија (Serbo-Croatian): army, military; multitude, a large number of...
Definitions
- army, military; multitude, a large number of...
Ancestry of “армија”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | armee | army; feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 2 | Latin | armātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | armō | — |
| 4 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |