actinobolism

The story

1. Koine Greek · derived fromἀκτινοβόλος“emission of rays”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromactinobolismus
3. English todayactinobolism

Borrowed from New Latin actinobolismus, from Koine Greek ἀκτινοβόλος (aktinobólos, “emission of rays”) + -ismus. Ἀκτινοβόλος is from ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + βόλος (bólos, “a throw”). First attested in the 1650s.

First known use, by meaning

• 17th–18th c. Radiation; emission or projection.