Where does “warload” come from?

warload (English) comes from English payload, from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

warload (English): A warplane's payload of weapons and ammunition

Definitions

  1. A warplane's payload of weapons and ammunition

Ancestry of “warload”, step by step

warload traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English payload

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpayloadThat part of a cargo that produces revenue; The...
2EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
3Middle Englishpayenpagan
4Old Frenchpaiierto pay
5Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
6Latinpācāre
7Latinpāxpeace
8Proto-Italicpākspeace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English War

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWarPreceded by [[the#Article
2Middle EnglishwerreWar in general; the practice of fighting between...
3Old Norseverricomparative degree of illr, worse; worse
4Proto-Germanicwirsizôcomparative degree of *ubilaz; worse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwers-to wipe; peak, height
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-
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