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Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine
- akadruid1 3y agohttps://archive.is/OEAho https://archive.is/OEAho
- norgie 3y ago> The term “infantry” derives from “infant" No, it doesn't, do they both words do (eventually) trace back to the same Latin root. > Five hundred years later, infantrymen remain the most disposable of troops. But in Ukraine they are also the most essential Infantry being essential describes every war.
- T-A 3y ago> No, it doesn't, do they both words do (eventually) trace back to the same Latin root. So it does. "Derives" does not imply a single step. 1570s, from French infantrie, infanterie (16c.), from older Italian or Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank to be cavalry," a collective noun from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from Latin infantem (see infant). [1] [1] https://www.etymonline.com/word/infantry https://www.etymonline.com/word/infantry
- h0l0cube 3y agoA sobering read. It's a shame it fell off the front page without much interest. I think more people should have a sense of what's going on at the front lines in this battle.
- cmollis 3y agoagreed. excellent read.