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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commīlitō. For the meaning, compare German Kommilitone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mi.li.toː/
- Hyphenation: com‧mi‧li‧to
Noun
commilito m (plural commilito's, diminutive commilitootje n)
- (university slang) fellow student, in particular used for members of the same student society
Latin
Etymology
From cum and miles.
Noun
commīlitō m (genitive commīlitōnis); third declension
- comrade (fellow soldier)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “commilito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commilito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commilito in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- commilito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- commilito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016