English
aeroballistic
From aero- + ballistic.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘dawn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér ‘in the direction of dawn, east’
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr ‘morning mist’
Ancient Greek ἀήρ ‘air’
Ancient Greek ἀέρος
English aero-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw, reach, pierce’
Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω ‘to throw, cast, hurl’
Ancient Greek βαλλίστρᾱ ‘catapult, engine of war’
Latin ballista ‘a military siege engine for throwing stones’
English ballistic
Today it means
adj Relating to aeroballistics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aeroballistic