Etymology

gendarmerie

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Today it means: A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population. Full definition →

French gendarmerie ← Middle French arme ← Old French arme
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*gentis
  4. Latingentem
  5. Old Frenchgent
  6. Frenchgents
  7. Frenchgens
  8. Proto-Indo-European*de
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  10. Proto-Italic*dē
  11. Latindē
  12. Old Frenchde
  13. Middle Frenchde
  14. Frenchd'
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂(e)rmos
  17. Proto-Italic*armos
  18. Late Latinarma
  19. Old Frencharme
  20. Middle Frencharme
  21. Frencharmes
  22. Frenchgens d'armes
  23. Frenchgendarmesbf.
  24. Frenchgendarme
  25. Frenchgendarmerie
  26. English todaygendarmerie

Borrowed from French gendarmerie.

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