Where does “attenuative” come from?
attenuative (English) comes from English attenuate, from Latin attenuatus, from Latin attenuo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
attenuative (English): Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of...
Definitions
- Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of...
Ancestry of “attenuative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | attenuate | To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or... |
| 2 | Latin | attenuatus | thinned, reduced, attenuated; weakened,... |
| 3 | Latin | attenuo | I make thin, attenuate, thin, reduce; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “attenuative”