Where does “fusil” come from?

fusil (French) comes from Italian fucile, from Vulgar Latin focilis, from Latin focus — fireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

fusil (French): rifle, gun; steel to strike sparks from a flint

Definitions

  1. rifle, gun; steel to strike sparks from a flint

Ancestry of “fusil”, step by step

fusil traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fucile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfucilegun, rifle
2Vulgar Latinfocilisof fire
3Latinfocusfireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

via Old French fuisil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfuisil—

via Latin focīlis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfocīlis—

Words derived from “fusil”

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