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Where does “nonaggressiveness” come from?

nonaggressiveness (English) comes from English aggressiveness, from English aggressive, from English aggress, from Latin aggressus, from Latin aggredior, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

nonaggressiveness (English): Quality of not being aggressive

Definitions

  1. Quality of not being aggressive

Ancestry of “nonaggressiveness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaggressivenessThe state or quality of being aggressive; The...
2EnglishaggressiveCharacterized by aggression; unjustly attacking;...
3EnglishaggressAggression; To set upon; to attack; To commit the...
4Latinaggressusapproached; solicited; attacked
5LatinaggrediorI advance or go to or towards, approach; I...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →