Where does “attractancy” come from?

attractancy (English) comes from English attract, from Latin attractus, from Latin attrahō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

attractancy (English): A measure of the ability of something to...

Definitions

  1. A measure of the ability of something to...

Ancestry of “attractancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattractTo pull toward without touching; To arouse...
2Latinattractusattracted
3Latinattrahōto draw, pull or drag to or towards with force
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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