Where does “attractile” come from?
attractile (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.
attractile (English): Having power to attract
Definitions
- Having power to attract
Ancestry of “attractile”, step by step
attractile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attract
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attract | To pull toward without touching; To arouse... |
| 2 | Latin | attractus | attracted |
| 3 | Latin | attrahō | to draw, pull or drag to or towards with force |
| 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 |