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

  1. a brigadier general

Ancestry of “brigadgeneral”, step by step

brigadgeneral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish brigad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrigada brigade
2EnglishbrigadeA group of people organized for a common purpose;...
3Frenchbrigadebrigade
4Middle Frenchbrigadebrigade
5Italianbrigatagroup, party; brigade
6Italian-ataUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
7Italian-atoUsed with a stem to form the past participle of...
8Latin-ātused
9Proto-Italic-ātos
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Swedish general

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgenerala general; a military title; an Air Chief Marshal
2Germangeneralgeneral
3Frenchgénéralgeneral; general, usual
4Old Frenchgeneralgeneral
5Latingeneralisgeneral, generic
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos