Where does “percussive” come from?
Percussive comes from Old French percussir, from Latin percutio meaning "to strike," composed of the prefix per- and a root from Proto-Indo-European per- meaning "forward" and pr̥tós meaning "struck."
percussive (English): Characterized by percussion; caused by or related...
Definitions
- Characterized by percussion; caused by or related...
Ancestry of “percussive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percuss | to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;... |
| 2 | Latin | percussus | thrust through; pierced |
| 3 | Latin | percutiō | to strike, beat |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |