Etymology

weaponry

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Today it means: Weapons collectively Full definition →

English weapon ← Middle English wepen ← Old English wēpn
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*wēpną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
  3. Old Englishwēpn
  4. Middle Englishwepen
  5. Englishweapon
  6. English todayweaponry

From weapon + -ry.

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