Where does “attractive” come from?
Attractive comes from Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractivus, ultimately from Latin ad meaning "to" and the Proto-Indo-European root ád or h₂éd.
attractive (English): Causing attraction; having the quality of...
Definitions
- Causing attraction; having the quality of...
Ancestry of “attractive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | attractif | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | attractivus | interesting; attractive |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “attractive”