The story
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
- Ancient Greekβαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)
- Latinballista
- English todayballista
Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).
Words from the same roots
Latinballista all →
ballister
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.