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[-] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

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

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

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

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