Where does “percuss” come from?
percuss (English) comes from Latin percussus, from Latin percutiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
percuss (English): to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;...
Definitions
- to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;...
Ancestry of “percuss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | percussus | thrust through; pierced |
| 2 | Latin | percutiō | to strike, beat |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |