Where does “antimissile” come from?

antimissile (French) comes from French missile, from Latin missilis, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

antimissile (French): antimissile

Definitions

  1. antimissile

Ancestry of “antimissile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmissilemissile
2LatinmissilisThat may be thrown
3Latinmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from Latin mittereEvery word from Latin missilis
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