Etymology

caddie

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Today it means: Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”). Full definition →

Scots caddie ← French cadet ← Late Latin capitettum
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caddie · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kap-“head”
  2. Latin · derived fromcaput“head”
  3. Late Latin · derived fromcapitettum
  4. French · derived fromcadet“army cadet; younger sibling”
  5. Scots · borrowed fromcaddie“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”
  6. English todaycaddie

The noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”), from French cadet (“army cadet; younger sibling”), from capdet (“captain; chief”) (Gascony, archaic), from Late Latin capitettum, from Latin caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cadel, cadet, capital, capitellum, and caudillo. The verb is derived from the noun.

caddie · noun2

A variant of caddy (etymology 1).

Words from the same roots

Frenchcadet all →

cadcadet

Latincaput all →

capeachievecapcaptainchefcorporalmischiefchieftaincabochonjefecaputcaudillocadelcapitecapitellumcapitulecattleheadchapemulticipital

Proto-Indo-European*kap- all →

heavycaptainoccupationcapitalismchieftainheftprecipicecapitalisticcapitulationcapitulateprecipitantcadelcapitellumkapala

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