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What is the origin of the name Balestra?

Italian and southern French: from Italian Occitan balestra ‘crossbow’ (from Latin ballista ‘(military) catapult’) hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbows or a soldier armed with a crossbow.

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What is the origin of the name Balestra?

Italian and southern French: from Italian Occitan balestra ‘crossbow’ (from Latin ballista ‘(military) catapult’) hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbows or a soldier armed with a crossbow.