Etymology

ammo

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Today it means: Ammunition. Full definition →

English ammunitionclip. ← Middle French amunition ← Latin mūnitiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*móyni
  3. Proto-Italic*moini
  4. Latinmoene
  5. Latinmūniō
  6. Latinmūnitiōnem
  7. Middle Frenchmunition
  8. Middle Frenchamunition
  9. Englishammunitionclip.
  10. English todayammo

Clipping of ammunition.

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