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Where does “adversarial” come from?

adversarial (English) comes from Spanish adversario, from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

adversarial (English): Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an...

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an...

Ancestry of “adversarial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishadversarioadversary, opponent
2Latinadversārius—
3Latinadversusset opposite, adverse, having been set against;...
4Latinadvertō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adversarial”

  • nonadversarial
  • adversarially
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →