Where does “adversariness” come from?
adversariness (English) comes from English adversary, from Middle English adversarie, from Old French aversier, from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
adversariness (English): Quality of being adversary
Definitions
- Quality of being adversary
Ancestry of “adversariness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | adversary | An opponent or rival |
| 2 | Middle English | adversarie | — |
| 3 | Old French | aversier | — |
| 4 | Latin | adversārius | — |
| 5 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 6 | Latin | advertō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |