Where does “metraller” come from?

metraller (Catalan) comes from Spanish metralla, from French mitraille, from Old French mitaille, from Old French mite — cat; small coin.

metraller (Catalan): machine-gunner

Definitions

  1. machine-gunner

Ancestry of “metraller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmetrallagrapeshot; shrapnel
2Frenchmitraillegrapeshot; dosh, dough; first-person singular...
3Old Frenchmitaillesmall coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...
4Old Frenchmitecat; small coin
Every word from Old French mite →Every word from Old French mitaille →Every word from French mitraille →