Where does “counterattractive” come from?
counterattractive (English) comes from English attractive, from Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractivus, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
counterattractive (English): Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting
Definitions
- Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting
Ancestry of “counterattractive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | attractive | Causing attraction; having the quality of... |
| 2 | Middle French | attractif | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | attractivus | interesting; attractive |
| 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 |