Oh, aye. But my guess would be that up to three people in the entire armed
forces of the United States would know of the Latin derivation. My
tongue-in-cheek lexical exhibitionism was based entirely on modern usage.
<g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Apparently, the word soldier is derived from the latin solidus, the bit
> coin of the times and paid to the armed forces by their employer.
> Don't the other three US forces get paid?
>
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