Where does “Mehrfachraketenwerfer” come from?

Mehrfachraketenwerfer (German) comes from German Raketenwerfer, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Mehrfachraketenwerfer (German): multiple rocket launcher

Definitions

  1. multiple rocket launcher

Ancestry of “Mehrfachraketenwerfer”, step by step

Mehrfachraketenwerfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Raketenwerfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaketenwerferrocket launcher
2GermanRaketerocket, missile
3Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
4Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via German mehrfach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmehrfachseveral, multiple
2German-fach-fold
3Middle High Germanvach-fold
4Old High Germanfahwall
5Proto-Germanic*fak
6Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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