Where does “peremptory” come from?
Peremptory comes from Old French peremptorie, meaning precluding further debate or objection.
peremptory (English): Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting...
Definitions
- Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting...
Ancestry of “peremptory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | peremptorie | — |
| 2 | Latin | peremptōrius | deadly, destructive |
| 3 | Latin | peremptor | destroyer (person), slayer, murderer |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |