Ballistics
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late 18th century: from ballista + -ic.
wiktionary
ballista + -ics.
etymonline
ballistics (n.)
"art of throwing large missiles; science of the motion of projectiles," 1753, with -ics + Latin ballista "ancient military machine for hurling stones," from Greek ballistes, from ballein "to throw, to throw so as to hit," also in a looser sense, "to put, place, lay" (from PIE root *gwele- "to throw, reach").
