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English

electroballistic

From electro- + ballistic.

Formed from electro- + ballistic

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

French electrum

French électro-

English electro-

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 Pertaining to electroballistics.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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