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Where does “compunctiously” come from?

compunctiously (English) comes from English compunctious, from English compunction, from Middle English compunccion, from Old French compunction, from Late Latin compunctionem, from Latin compunctus, from Latin compungere, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

compunctiously (English): With compunction

Definitions

  1. With compunction

Ancestry of “compunctiously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompunctiousExhibiting compunctions, scruples, feelings of...
2EnglishcompunctionA pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret,...
3Middle Englishcompunccion—
4Old Frenchcompunction—
5Late Latincompunctionema pricking; accusative singular of compūnctiō
6Latincompunctuspricked, punctured; goaded, stimulated; tattooed
7Latincompungeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latincom-allomorph of con-
9Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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