Etymology

petrary

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Today it means: A weapon used to hurl stones Full definition →

Latin petra
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  1. Latin · derived frompetra“stone”
  2. English todaypetrary

From Medieval Latin petraria, from Latin petra (“stone”).

Words from the same roots

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