Where does “ammunition” come from?
Ammunition derives from French amunition, from French munition, from Latin munitio, a noun formation from the Proto-Indo-European root mey- meaning to change or exchange.
ammunition (English): Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance...
Definitions
- Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance...
Ancestry of “ammunition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | amunition | — |
| 2 | Latin | mūnīre | — |
| 3 | Latin | moenīre | — |
| 4 | Latin | moenia | city walls, fortifications, walls, ramparts |
| 5 | Old Latin | moene | wall, fortification |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | móyni | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
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