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Ricochet

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means the action of an object, especially a bullet, rebounding off a surface
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Stage 1 of 2
ricochet
French · 1600s
"a rebounding, glancing motion"
the origin is uncertain, possibly from a nonsense refrain in an old French tale
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Stage 2 of 2
ricochet
English · 1770s
"the rebound of an object off a surface"
adopted directly for an object rebounding off a surface
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