myEtymology.com: English etymology of cataplane

Etymology of the English word cataplane

the English word cataplane

derived from the English word catapult

derived from the Latin word catapulta (catapult, an engine which shot large arrow, bolt)

derived from the Greek word katapeltes

derived from the Greek word pallein, πάλλειν, πάλλω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pāl-

using the Greek prefix kata-, κατα-

derived from the Greek word kata, κατά (down)

derived from the English word airplane

Word found in Modern English