Where does “mitraglia” come from?

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

mitraglia (Italian): machine gun; grapeshot; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. machine gun; grapeshot; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “mitraglia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmitraillegrapeshot; dosh, dough; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchmitaillesmall coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...
3Old Frenchmitecat; small coin

Words derived from “mitraglia”

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