English
FrankenSAM
From Franken- (“combination of disparate elements”) + SAM (“surface-to-air missile”).
Formed from franken- ‘combination of disparate elements’ + SAM ‘surface-to-air missile’
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one; together’
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Proto-Germanic *samnōną ‘to gather’
Proto-West Germanic *samnōn ‘to gather’
Old English samnian ‘to collect, gather’
Middle English sammen
English SAM
Today it means
noun Any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / FrankenSAM