Recruit
/rɪˈkruːt/noun
A person newly enlisted or hired; also, to enlist or gather new members.
Did you know?In its earliest French sense, a recruit was literally a new growth or replenishment, and the military meaning came later as states turned the language of regrowth into the language of manpower.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
LL
recrescere
“to grow again, spring back up”
Old French
OF
recreute / recrue
“a fresh growth, replenishment, or new supply”
16th Century
English
recrute / recruit
“to replenish with new soldiers or supplies”
17th Century
English
recruit
“a person newly enlisted, especially in the army”
Modern English
English
recruit
“a new member of an organization or a person newly enlisted”