Etymograph

English

infantier

Infantier comes from Spanish infante ‘soldier’, and goes back to Latin īnfāns.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfāns
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500ifante
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentinfante‘soldier’
  4. Englishtodayinfantier

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfāns
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500ifante
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentinfante‘soldier’
  4. Englishtodayinfantier

Every English word from Latin īnfāns

Today it means

noun A soldier in the infantry; an infantryman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin īnfāns / infantier

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