Where does “missil” come from?

missil (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin missilis, from Latin mittere, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

missil (Norwegian Nynorsk): missile

Definitions

  1. missile

Ancestry of “missil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmissilisThat may be thrown
2Latinmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Latin mittere →Every word from Latin missilis →