Word Origin Summary

Katapel is attested in Sursurunga. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. catapultEnglishderived from
2. katapelTok Pisinborrowed from
3. catapulteMiddle Frenchderived from
4. catapultaLatinderived from
5. καταπέλτηςAncient Greekderived from

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