weaponry C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives US /ˈwɛpənri/ UK /ˈwɛpənri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun weapons collectively The museum displayed medieval weaponry, from broadswords to crossbows. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · weapons collectively armsarmamentsordnancemunitionsarsenalweapons Word family Related forms weaponweaponize Etymology AI details From weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry. wǣpen Old English *wēpną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # weaponry **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwɛpənri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwɛpənri/ ## Meanings 1. weapons collectively ## Examples - The museum displayed medieval weaponry, from broadswords to crossbows. ## Synonyms - arms - armaments - ordnance - munitions - arsenal - weapons ## Related Forms - weapon - weaponize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: wǣpen - Root: *wēpną ## Etymology From weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry. ## AI Etymology weaponry comes from weapon (Old English wǣpen, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną) plus the collective suffix -ry. Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ry is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the noun sense is "weapons collectively", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as weapon, weaponize, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English wǣpen, Proto-Germanic *wēpną, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material. ## Topics - Word Formation & Derivatives - General Vocabulary markdown