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Where does “cyberviolence” come from?

cyberviolence (English) comes from English violence, from Middle English violence, from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cyberviolence (English): Violence, or its equivalent, carried out in...

Definitions

  1. Violence, or its equivalent, carried out in...

Ancestry of “cyberviolence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishviolenceExtreme force; Action which causes destruction,...
2Middle EnglishviolenceViolence or an example of it; A harmful force of...
3Old Frenchviolenceviolence; act of violence
4Latinviolentiaviolence; aggressiveness
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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