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
Ancestry of “missil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | missilis | That may be thrown |
| 2 | Latin | mittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |