Where does “smitragliare” come from?

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

smitragliare (Italian): to shoot down by using a machine gun, to shoot chaotically a copious amount of bullets in a short amount of time

Definitions

  1. to shoot down by using a machine gun, to shoot chaotically a copious amount of bullets in a short amount of time

Ancestry of “smitragliare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmitragliamachine gun; grapeshot; third-person singular...
2Frenchmitraillegrapeshot; dosh, dough; first-person singular...
3Old Frenchmitaillesmall coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...
4Old Frenchmitecat; small coin
Every word from Old French mite →Every word from Old French mitaille →Every word from French mitraille →