The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαταπέλτης
- Latin · derived fromcatapulta
- Middle French · derived fromcatapulte
- English todaycatapult
From Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”) + πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”). Doublet of catapulta.
Words from the same roots
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catapulta
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.