All Military Ranks Come from French

In this video I am talking about Military ranks. Yes Military ranks because All the military ranks in English come from French. The word ‘rank’ itself originates from the old French rangue or ranc, which means rows, usually referring to classes in society. 

‘Lieutenant’ comes from the combination of lieu (place) and tenant (holder), therefore it means someone who took a position that was unoccupied .

‘Captain’ comes from capitaine, now they have changed to Captain to make it easier.
‘colonel’ is the same in both languages and ‘general’ comes from général. 

Another interesting term CADET, pronounced as ‘cadet’ in French, which means the youngest brother, hence that’s why probably it refers to the trainees or students in the army. 

And Cadet could also be the source of the term ‘caddy’ in golf, the person who carries around the professional’s clubs and gives them advice.