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Where does “antibullet” come from?

antibullet (English) comes from English bullet, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

antibullet (English): Countering bullets

Definitions

  1. Countering bullets

Ancestry of “antibullet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbulletA projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun...
2English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
3Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
4Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
5Latin-ātus—
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →