Where does “scrapnel” come from?
scrapnel (English) comes from English shrapnel, from English Charbonnel, from French charbon, from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
scrapnel (English): especially scraps of metal
Definitions
- especially scraps of metal
Ancestry of “scrapnel”, step by step
scrapnel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shrapnel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shrapnel | An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI... |
| 2 | English | Charbonnel | — |
| 3 | French | charbon | coal |
| 4 | Old French | charbon | coal |
| 5 | Latin | carbō | charcoal, coal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |