artillery

The story

1. Latin · derived fromaptō“to make capable”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*apticlō
3. Old French · derived fromartillerie“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”
4. Middle English · inherited fromartillerie
5. English todayartillery

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).

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