Editing Exocet (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Exocet-mil.jpg|thumb|right|Exocet missile launch]]

The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director at [[Nord Aviation]].<ref name="Guillot">{{cite book |title=L'extraordinaire aventure de l'Exocet |last1=Guillot |first1=Jean |last2=Estival |first2=Bernard |year=1988 |location=[[Brest, France|Brest]] |publisher=Les éditions de la Cité |language=fr |isbn=2-85186-039-9 |quote=<!-- The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then technical director at Nord Aviation, after the French name for flying fish.-->}}</ref> It is the French word for [[flying fish]], from the [[Latin]] ''exocoetus'', a transliteration of the [[Greek language|Greek]] name for the fish that sometimes flew into a boat: {{lang|grc|ἐξώκοιτος}} (''exōkoitos''), literally "lying down outside ({{lang|grc|ἒξω}}, {{lang|grc|κεῖμαι}}), sleeping outside".<ref>{{OEtymD|Exocet}}</ref>