English
aide-de-camp
Aide-de-camp comes from French aide de camp ‘aide-de-camp, ADC’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaide de camp‘aide-de-camp, ADC’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024aide-de-camp
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaide de camp‘aide-de-camp, ADC’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024aide-de-camp
Earliest quotation: 2024, Tiago Rogero: “The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from…”
A compound of de ‘of’ + camp ‘[military] camp’
Every English word from French aide de camp
Today it means
noun A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French aide de camp / aide-de-camp