mil
soldier
Latin · miles, militis
Mil comes from Latin miles, militis, "soldier". It appears in words about soldiers, armed forces, and fighting groups.
Memory trick
MILitary has MILes: Latin for soldier.
Words from this root
- militarism (milit + arism) — belief in strong armed forcesसैन्यवाद
- militaristic (milit + aristic) — favouring strong armed forcesसैन्यवादी
- military (milit + ary) — of soldiers and armed forcesसैन्य, फ़ौजी
- militia (milit + ia) — citizens trained as soldiersनागरिक सेना
- militiaman (milit + ia + man) — a member of a militiaनागरिक सेना का सदस्य
- nonmilitary (non + milit + ary) — not of the armed forcesगैर-सैन्य
- paramilitary (para + milit + ary) — organised like an armyअर्धसैनिक
- promilitary (pro + milit + ary) — favouring armed forcesसेना का समर्थक
- unmilitary (un + milit + ary) — not like a soldierसैनिक जैसा नहीं