Etymology

matafunda

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Today it means: A type of siege engine similar to a trebuchet, designed to fling rocks over long distances. Full definition →

Spanish matar ← Latin funda
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfunda“a sling”
  2. Spanish · derived frommatar“to kill”
  3. English todaymatafunda

See Spanish matar (“to kill”), Latin funda (“a sling”).

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