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Where does “flirtatious” come from?

Flirtatious derives from English flirtation, English flirt, English flurt, Latin -osus, Latin -atio, Latin -tio, Proto-Indo-European -ti-, and Proto-Indo-European -tis.

flirtatious (English): Of or pertaining to flirtation; Having a tendency...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to flirtation; Having a tendency...

Ancestry of “flirtatious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflirtationPlaying at courtship; coquetry; An instance of...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “flirtatious”

  • flirtatiously
  • flirtatiousness
  • unflirtatious
  • unflirtatiously
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