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ballisto-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bal-lis-to-
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

Ballistic.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō) Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)der. Latin ballista Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ballistic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English ballisto- From the noun ballistic and the interfix -o-.

Questions

What does ballisto- mean?
Ballistic.
Where does ballisto- come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō) Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)der. Latin ballista Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ballistic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English ballisto- From the noun ballistic and the interfix -o-.

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