Where does “occlusive” come from?

Occlusive comes from English occlusion, Anglo-Norman -if, Latin -ivus suffix and ob- prefix meaning "toward," tracing to Latin claudus meaning "lame" or "limping," ultimately from Ancient Greek βέλος meaning "missile" or "projectile."

occlusive (English): That tends to occlude; A plosive; A product that...

Definitions

  1. That tends to occlude; A plosive; A product that...

Ancestry of “occlusive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinocclūsīvus

Words derived from “occlusive

Every word from Latin occlūsīvus
occlusive — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer