Where does “digressively” come from?
digressively (English) comes from English digressive, from English digress, from Latin digressum, from Latin digredi, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
digressively (English): In a digressive fashion
Definitions
- In a digressive fashion
Ancestry of “digressively”, step by step
digressively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English digressive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | digressive | Marked by digression; rambling |
| 2 | English | digress | To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve;... |
| 3 | Latin | digressum | nominative neuter singular of dīgressus;... |
| 4 | Latin | digredi | present active infinitive of dīgredior; to step... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |