cannon
...that the earliest European term for "cannon" was the Medieval Latin word "bombardum", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word canna, meaning a tube?
...that the earliest European term for "<b id="mwAp4"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./History_of_cannon" id="mwAp8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of cannon">cannon</a></b>" was the <a href="./Medieval_Latin" id="mwAqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a> word "<i id="mwAqE">bombardum</i>", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word <i id="mwAqI">canna</i>, meaning a tube?