Where does “submetralhadora” come from?
submetralhadora (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese metralhadora, from French mitrailleuse, from German Mitrailleuse, from Italian mitragliatrice, from Italian mitragliare, from French mitrailler, from French -er, from Middle French -er — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
submetralhadora (Portuguese): submachine gun
Definitions
- submachine gun
Ancestry of “submetralhadora”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | metralhadora | machine gun; machine-gunner |
| 2 | French | mitrailleuse | machine gun; female equivalent of mitrailleur |
| 3 | German | Mitrailleuse | — |
| 4 | Italian | mitragliatrice | machine gun |
| 5 | Italian | mitragliare | to machine gun, rake; to strafe; to fire or... |
| 6 | French | mitrailler | to machine-gun, to fire; to snap away; to pummel |
| 7 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |