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<p>The influence of the Roman Empire on Great Britain was deep, and Latin was the commonly used lingua franca at that time. The terms used for some ranks, weapons, cities, and others in many cases have their etymological origin in Latin or old English, or their derivatives in Romance languages. In the military realm, the hierarchical chain of command is defined by ranks such as the word ‘officer.’ In the case of cities, it is possible to know the influence of Roman locations in Great Britain from their names, as in the example of ‘Chesterfield’. Some words come from acronyms of specifically English etymology, as in ‘radar’, while others represent the full meaning of an organization, hierarchy, and so on, such as the word ‘army’.</p>
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The influence of the Roman Empire on Great Britain was deep, and Latin was the commonly used lingua franca at that time. The terms used for some ranks, weapons, cities, and others in many cases have their etymological origin in Latin or old English, or their derivatives in Romance languages. In the military realm, the hierarchical chain of command is defined by ranks such as the word ‘officer.’ In the case of cities, it is possible to know the influence of Roman locations in Great Britain from their names, as in the example of ‘Chesterfield’. Some words come from acronyms of specifically English etymology, as in ‘radar’, while others represent the full meaning of an organization, hierarchy, and so on, such as the word ‘army’.

The Origin of Some Military Terms

PhD, works at the Language Department of the Academia General Militar in Zaragoza

PhD, is the Coordinator of the Foreign Language Area at the Defence University Centre in Zaragoza

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The influence of the Roman Empire on Great Britain was deep, and Latin was the commonly used lingua franca at that time. The terms used for some ranks,...

The Origin of Some Military Terms

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 83 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.5

Keywords
Latin, etymology, acronyms, old English

© 2022 Cristina Sáiz Enfedaque et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Origin of Some Military Terms

Published Online: Dec 07, 2022

Page range: 83 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.4.5

KeywordsLatin, etymology, acronyms, old English

© 2022 Cristina Sáiz Enfedaque et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Latin, etymology, acronyms, old English