Where does “mitraillette” come from?
mitraillette (French) comes from French mitrailleuse, from German Mitrailleuse, from Italian mitragliatrice, from Italian mitragliare, from French mitrailler, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
mitraillette (French): submachine gun; sandwich with meat and French...
Definitions
- submachine gun; sandwich with meat and French...
Ancestry of “mitraillette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mitrailleuse | machine gun; female equivalent of mitrailleur |
| 2 | German | Mitrailleuse | — |
| 3 | Italian | mitragliatrice | machine gun |
| 4 | Italian | mitragliare | to machine gun, rake; to strafe; to fire or... |
| 5 | French | mitrailler | to machine-gun, to fire; to snap away; to pummel |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 8 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |