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