Where does “aggressiv” come from?
aggressiv (Danish) comes from French agressif, from French agresser, from Latin aggressus, from Latin aggredior, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
aggressiv (Danish): aggressive
Definitions
- aggressive
Ancestry of “aggressiv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | agressif | aggressive |
| 2 | French | agresser | to assault; to attack |
| 3 | Latin | aggressus | approached; solicited; attacked |
| 4 | Latin | aggredior | I advance or go to or towards, approach; I... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |