Where does “munitions” come from?
Munitions comes from Latin munitio, a noun formed with the Latin suffix -tio from Proto-Indo-European móyni, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root mey-.
munitions (English): plural of munition
Definitions
- plural of munition
Ancestry of “munitions”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | munition | Materials of war: armaments, weapons and... |
| 2 | French | munition | ammunition |
| 3 | Latin | mūnitiō | a defending, fortifying, protecting |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |