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      recoilless
      adjective
      of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backcolligerecoil- · Latin · gather togetherleas-less · Old English · without
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      Where does recoilless come from?

      The word recoilless breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Old English origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); coil, from Latin colligere (“gather together”); and -less, from Old English leas (“without”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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