Where does “appetitively” come from?
appetitively (English) comes from English appetitive, from English appetite, from Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
appetitively (English): In an appetitive manner
Definitions
- In an appetitive manner
Ancestry of “appetitively”, step by step
appetitively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English appetitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appetitive | Having the quality of desiring gratification |
| 2 | English | appetite | Desire to eat food or consume drink; Any strong... |
| 3 | Middle English | appetit | — |
| 4 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 5 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 6 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |