Where does “allective” come from?
allective (English) comes from Medieval Latin allectivus, from Latin allego, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
allective (English): An allurement; Alluring
Ancestry of “allective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | allectivus | that allures; Synonym of illecebrōsus |
| 2 | Latin | allego | I select, choose, recruit, elect or admit; I send... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |