Etymograph

English

militaire

Militaire comes from French militaire ‘military, militaristic’, and goes back to Latin mīles ‘soldier’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīles1‘soldier’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlitāris2
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600militaire2‘military’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentmilitaire3‘military, militaristic’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1999militaire3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin militaris
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French militaire
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English militaire
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1999, John Harmon McElroy: “There hangs something majestic about a man who has…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlesWiktionary, Latin militaris‘soldier’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmīlitārisWiktionary, French militaire
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600militaireWiktionary, French militaire‘military’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentmilitaireWiktionary, English militaire‘military, militaristic’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1999militaireWiktionary, English militaire. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1999, John Harmon McElroy: “There hangs something majestic about a man who has…”

Every English word from Latin mīles

Today it means

noun A military man; a soldier.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “militaire”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin militaris, French militaire. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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