Where does “antimissile” come from?
antimissile (English) comes from English missile, from Latin missile, from Latin missilis, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
antimissile (English): Designed to intercept and destroy another missile...
Definitions
- Designed to intercept and destroy another missile...
Ancestry of “antimissile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | missile | Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or... |
| 2 | Latin | missile | a thrown weapon, such as a javelin; presents from... |
| 3 | Latin | missilis | That may be thrown |
| 4 | Latin | mittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |