Where does “aggressor” come from?
Aggressor comes from Latin aggressor, derived from the Latin verb aggredior meaning "to approach or attack," composed of the Latin preposition ad meaning "to" and Proto-Indo-European ád, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.
aggressor (English): The person or country that first attacks or makes...
Definitions
- The person or country that first attacks or makes...
Ancestry of “aggressor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aggressor | attacker, assailant, aggressor |
| 2 | Latin | aggredior | I advance or go to or towards, approach; I... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |