Where does “intercontinental ballistic missile” come from?
intercontinental ballistic missile (English) comes from English intercontinental, from English continental, from English continent, from Latin continēns, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
intercontinental ballistic missile (English): A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads
Definitions
- A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads
Ancestry of “intercontinental ballistic missile”, step by step
intercontinental ballistic missile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intercontinental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intercontinental | Taking place between two or more continents;... |
| 2 | English | continental | Of or relating to a continent or continents; of... |
| 3 | English | continent | Each of the main continuous land-masses on the... |
| 4 | Latin | continēns | limiting, enclosing |
| 5 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ballistic missile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ballistic missile | A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory |
| 2 | English | ballistic | Or relating to ballistics; Or relating to... |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |