ca·det 
(kə-dĕt)
(kə-dĕt)n.
1.
a. A student at a military school or in a military program training to be an officer.
b. A student training to be a police officer.
2.
a. A younger son or brother.
b. A youngest son.
[French, from dialectal capdet, captain, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
ca·detship′ n.
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-
- Indo-European root: swesor-
- Indo-European root: swo-
- Indo-European root: swād-
- Indo-European root: syū-
- Indo-European root: sā-
- Indo-European root: sāg-
- Indo-European root: sāwel-
- Indo-European root: sē-
- Indo-European root: sēmi-
- Indo-European root: sū-
- Indo-European root: tag-
- Indo-European root: tauro-
- Indo-European root: tegu-
- Indo-European root: tek-
- Indo-European root: teks-
- Indo-European root: telə-
- Indo-European root: tem-
- Indo-European root: ten-
- Indo-European root: terkw-
- Indo-European root: ters-
- Indo-European root: terə-
- Indo-European root: terə-