Where does “brigadgeneral” come from?
brigadgeneral (Swedish) comes from Swedish brigad, from English brigade, from French brigade, from Middle French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian -ata, from Italian -ato, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
brigadgeneral (Swedish): a brigadier general
Definitions
- a brigadier general
Ancestry of “brigadgeneral”, step by step
brigadgeneral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish brigad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | brigad | a brigade |
| 2 | English | brigade | A group of people organized for a common purpose;... |
| 3 | French | brigade | brigade |
| 4 | Middle French | brigade | brigade |
| 5 | Italian | brigata | group, party; brigade |
| 6 | Italian | -ata | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 7 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Swedish general
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | general | a general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal |
| 2 | German | general | general |
| 3 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 4 | Old French | general | general |
| 5 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |