arcuballista
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Late Latin) A historic type of arrow shooting ballista.
Etymology
Compound from Latin arcus (bow, arc, arch, a bow, curve) + Latin ballista (ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones).
Origin
Latin
ballista
Gloss
ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arblast English
- arc- English
- arciform English
- arculus English
- arcus English
- ballista English
- ballistic English
- gonarcus English
- ballistinen Finnish
- *arcio Latin
- arbalista Latin
- arca Latin
- arcionem, *arcio Latin
- arcuarius Latin
- arcuatus Latin
- arcuo Latin
- arcus Latin
- arcārius Latin
- ballista Latin
- ballistarium Latin
- ballistarius Latin
- arcata Italian
- archivolto Italian
- arco Italian
- balista Italian
- arbalète French
- аркко́синус Russian
- арккосеканс Russian
- арккосинус Russian
- арккота́нгенс Russian
- арксеканс Russian
- аркси́нус Russian
- аркта́нгенс Russian
- арктангенс Russian
- arco Spanish, Castilian
- ballesta Spanish, Castilian
- βαλλίστρα Ancient Greek
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- arkusz Polish
- arblast Middle English
- ark Danish
- arbaleste Old French
- arc Old French
- arche Old French
- arko Esperanto
- ballesta Catalan, Valencian
- örk Icelandic
- arc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- arka Latvian
- armbrust Middle High German
- ärkēr (in rhyme with mēr), ärker or ærker (in rhyme with der) Middle High German
- hark Albanian
- arco Old Portuguese
- baesta Old Portuguese
- ark Middle Low German
- arcu Aromanian
- arcu Asturian
- ballesta Asturian
- arc Friulian
- arc Old Occitan
- arcu Sicilian
- arconbè Venetian