Where does “percussiveness” come from?
percussiveness (English) comes from English percussive, from English percuss, from Latin percussus, from Latin percutiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
percussiveness (English): The state or property of being percussive
Definitions
- The state or property of being percussive
Ancestry of “percussiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percussive | Characterized by percussion; caused by or related... |
| 2 | English | percuss | to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;... |
| 3 | Latin | percussus | thrust through; pierced |
| 4 | Latin | percutiō | to strike, beat |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |