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Are ἀμύνω (to ward off, defend, protect, avert) and ammunition cognates?
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ammunition \Am`mu*ni"tion\, n. [F. amunition, for munition,
prob. caused by taking la munition as l'amunition. See
{Munition}.]
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/ — http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
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Actually, the dictionary says it is just from Latin munitio(n-), with the French rendering it as "la munition" and then confusing it to "l'amunition", from which English dropped the article and should have derived "amunition" (but probably did confuse it for Latin ad+munitio or just wanted to make it look Latin).
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