Etymograph

English

supermissile

From super- + missile.

Formed from super- + missile

Latin mittō ‘to send’

Latin missilis ‘throwable, capable of being thrown’

Latin missile ‘thrown weapon, projectile’

English missile

Today it means

noun Any massive object used as a superweapon by being thrown or fired through the air.

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

Etymograph / supermissile