Where does “alliterative” come from?
Alliterative comes from English alliterate, Anglo-Norman -if, Latin -ivus, and Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós, suffixes forming adjectives from verbal roots.
alliterative (English): In the form or style of alliteration
Definitions
- In the form or style of alliteration
Ancestry of “alliterative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alliterate | To exhibit alliteration; To use so as to make... |
| 2 | English | alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the... |
| 3 | New Latin | allīterātiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | alliteratus | — |
| 5 | Latin | allitero | — |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |