Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.mi.li.toː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: com‧mi‧li‧to

Noun edit

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

  1. (university slang) fellow student, in particular used for members of the same student society

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cum and miles.

Noun edit

commīlitō m (genitive commīlitōnis); third declension

  1. comrade (fellow soldier)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commīlitō commīlitōnēs
Genitive commīlitōnis commīlitōnum
Dative commīlitōnī commīlitōnibus
Accusative commīlitōnem commīlitōnēs
Ablative commīlitōne commīlitōnibus
Vocative commīlitō commīlitōnēs

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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