Etymology

weaponization

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Today it means: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation. Full definition →

English weapon ← Middle English wepen ← Old English wēpn
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  1. Proto-Germanic*wēpną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
  3. Old Englishwēpn
  4. Middle Englishwepen
  5. Englishweapon
  6. English todayweaponization

From weapon + -ization.

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