Where does “missilery” come from?
missilery (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...
missilery (English): The science of missiles
Ancestry of “missilery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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... |