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