cadetWiktionary 原文英美/kəˈdɛt/n.军官学校学生中文释义来自 ECDICT词源链原始词根原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年*kap-晚期拉丁语Late Latin约 3–6 世纪capitellum‘small head’↓ 派生法语Frenchcadet↓ 借入英语Englishcadet词源说明Borrowed from French cadet, from Gascon capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Attested in English from 1634.Doublet of caddie, cadeau, cadel, capital, capitellum, and caudillo.释义名词noun1A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.2(chiefly history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.3