Etymology

antiballistic

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Today it means: designed to detect, intercept, and destroy a ballistic missile in flight Full definition →

English ballistic ← New Latin ballisticu ← Classical Latin ballista
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The story

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  4. Ancient Greekβᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
  5. Ancient Greekβαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)
  6. Classical Latinballista
  7. New Latinballisticu
  8. Englishballistic
  9. English todayantiballistic

From anti- + ballistic.

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