commilito

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commīlitō. For the meaning, compare German Kommilitone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi.li.toː/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mi‧li‧to

Noun

commilito m (plural commilito's, diminutive commilitootje n)

1. (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

1. comrade (fellow soldier)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	commīlitō	commīlitōnēs
genitive	commīlitōnis	commīlitōnum
dative	commīlitōnī	commīlitōnibus
accusative	commīlitōnem	commīlitōnēs
ablative	commīlitōne	commīlitōnibus
vocative	commīlitō	commīlitōnēs

Descendants

• → German: Kommilitone
• → Dutch: commilito
• Italian: commilitone
• Spanish: conmilitón

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016