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    6 months ago

    The word infantry actually shares the same origin as the word infant.

    The both come from the latin “infans” (in -> not, fans -> to speak) so it means “unable to speak”.

    Infants are children too young to speak and infantry are soliders that aren’t supposed to talk back.

    • The Picard ManeuverOPM
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      406 months ago

      Didn’t expect to learn something so interesting with this post. Thanks!

    • @TrickDacy
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      246 months ago

      Thanks for delivering the precise answer I was hoping to find.