Where does “aspersive” come from?
aspersive (English) comes from English asperse, from Latin aspersus, from Latin aspergo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
aspersive (English): Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous
Definitions
- Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous
Ancestry of “aspersive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asperse | To sprinkle or scatter; To falsely or maliciously... |
| 2 | Latin | aspersus | strewn, scattered; splashed over |
| 3 | Latin | aspergo | I scatter or strew something or someone; I... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |