projectile

C2+ Topic:War & Conflict

US /prəˈdʒɛktl/ UK /prəˈdʒɛktaɪl/ See IPA manual

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noun
an object propelled through the air, especially as a weapon

The cannon hurled the projectile across the field.

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From New Latin projectilis, from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere ('to throw forth'), from pro- ('forth') + iacere ('to throw').

proiectus Latin iacere Latin *yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# projectile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /prəˈdʒɛktl/
**IPA (UK):** /prəˈdʒɛktaɪl/

## Meanings
1. an object propelled through the air, especially as a weapon

## Examples
- The cannon hurled the projectile across the field.

## Synonyms
- missile
- bullet
- shell
- shot
- rocket
- ammunition

## Related Forms
- project
- projection
- projector
- eject
- inject

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proiectus
- Root: iacere
- Root: *yeh₁-

## Etymology
From New Latin projectilis, from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere ('to throw forth'), from pro- ('forth') + iacere ('to throw').

## AI Etymology
Projectile comes from New Latin projectilis, from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere ('to throw forth'), from pro- ('forth') + iacere ('to throw'). The historical chain includes Latin proiectus, Latin iacere, and Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-. The quoted older senses, "to throw forth", "forth", and "to throw", supply the semantic anchors for projectile. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word projectile carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an object propelled through the air, especially as a weapon". Related English forms include project, projection, projector, eject, and inject. The result is a noun and adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- War & Conflict

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