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Where does “persuadee” come from?

persuadee (English) comes from English persuade, from Latin persuadere, from Latin persuadeo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

persuadee (English): One who is persuaded

Definitions

  1. One who is persuaded

Ancestry of “persuadee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpersuadeTo successfully convince to agree to, accept, or...
2Latinpersuaderepresent active infinitive of persuādeō;...
3LatinpersuadeoI persuade, convince; I prevail upon, persuade or...
4Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
5Proto-Italicperi-—
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