Etymology

enlistment

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Today it means: The act of enlisting. Full definition →

English enlist ← Middle English lī̆st ← Medieval Latin lista
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Old Englishlīste
  9. Old Frenchliste
  10. Medieval Latinlista
  11. Middle Englishlī̆st
  12. Englishlist
  13. Englishenlist
  14. English todayenlistment

From enlist + -ment.

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