Etymology

ammunition

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Today it means: Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc. Full definition →

Middle French amunition ← Latin mūnitiōnem ← Proto-Italic *moini
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  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. English todayammunition

From older French amunition, rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.