infantry

The story

1. Latin · derived fromīnfāns“child”
2. Spanish · derived frominfantería“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”
3. Middle French · derived frominfanterie
4. English todayinfantry

From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.

Words from the same roots