Where does “raketartilleri” come from?
raketartilleri (Swedish) comes from Swedish raket, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
raketartilleri (Swedish): multiple rocket launcher
Definitions
- multiple rocket launcher
Ancestry of “raketartilleri”, step by step
raketartilleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish raket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | raket | a rocket |
| 2 | German | Rakete | rocket, missile |
| 3 | Italian | rocchetta | incendiary rocket |
| 4 | Italian | rocchetto | spool; reel; coil |
| 5 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 6 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 7 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 8 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Swedish artilleri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | artilleri | artillery |
| 2 | Middle French | artillerie | — |
| 3 | Old French | artillerie | collection of military engins, crossbows, lances... |
| 4 | Old French | artillier | to equip, provide with contraptions |
| 5 | Old French | atiller | to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or,... |
| 6 | Latin | aptāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | aptus | suitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aptos | — |