Where does “perlocutionary” come from?
perlocutionary (English) comes from English perlocution, from English per-, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
perlocutionary (English): Of or pertaining to perlocution
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to perlocution
Ancestry of “perlocutionary”, step by step
perlocutionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perlocution
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perlocution | The effect the terms used by a speaker can have... |
| 2 | English | per- | In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in... |
| 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 |