EuroLex/F/Fusilier


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: fusilier - 1. [mil.] foot soldier, infantryman

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from F fusilier, from OF fusil "musket", earlier "steel for a tinderbox", from VL *focilis (petra) "(stone) producing fire", from L focus "hearth", in VL "fire".

Retained by certain regiments of the British army that were formerly armed with fusils.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
German also has a verb: füsilieren and noun: Füsilierung, meaning "shoot dead according to martial law"