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What does infantry have to do with infants anyway

@Felthry oh shit I learned this once, the two words are legit etymologically related.

Something something to do with roman soldiers starting as untrained novices.

@starkatt ah, so it was like the army-training-person derogatory-motivational-talk thing? "get moving, babies!"

@Felthry but it was more like just "hey look at all these youngins joining the ranks."

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