Etymology of the English word recruit
the English word
recruitderived from the French word
recruterderived from the French word
recruederived from the French word
recroîtrederived from the French word
croîtrederived from the Old French word
creistrederived from the Latin word
crescere (to grow; come forth, to be; arise; thrive, increase)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ker-using the Old French prefix
re-derived from the French word
recruteDate
The earliest known usage of recruit in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
rookie,
recruitment,
recruited,
recruitingCognates
Dutch
rekruut, French
recrue, German
Rekrut, Norwegian
rekrutt, Swedish
rekrytUsage
Word found in Modern English
