Where does “mitraille” come from?

mitraille (French) comes from Old French mitaille, from Old French mite — cat; small coin.

mitraille (French): grapeshot; dosh, dough; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. grapeshot; dosh, dough; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “mitraille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmitaillesmall coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...
2Old Frenchmitecat; small coin

Words derived from “mitraille”

Every word from Old French mite →Every word from Old French mitaille →