Where does “expostulatively” come from?
expostulatively (English) comes from English expostulative, from English expostulate, from Latin expostulo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
expostulatively (English): In an expostulative manner
Definitions
- In an expostulative manner
Ancestry of “expostulatively”, step by step
expostulatively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expostulative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expostulative | Synonym of expostulatory |
| 2 | English | expostulate | To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly... |
| 3 | Latin | expostulo | I demand or call for vehemently or urgently; I... |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |