Lemizh / English dictionary
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emblà.
to make a force unit, a force of 40.30 millinewtons (see appendix, Units of measurement)
Etymology
< NLem embol‑a, academic loan of
< Koi ἐμβολ‑ή ‘thrust, battering ram’, nominalisation of
Koi ἐμβάλλ‑ω ‘throw in’
< SHell *en‑q̌ĺ̥l‑ō, compound of
SHell *en ‘in’
< PIE *h₁en
—and—
SHell *q̌ĺ̥l‑ō ‘throw’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *gʷelh₁‑ ‘hit, throw’
Actually, this is a very low force for a battering ram.
Cognates
Eng embolism, ballistic (via Gk βάλλω ‘throw’)