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Where does “reactional” come from?

reactional (English) comes from French réactionnel, from French réaction, from Russian реа́кция, from Old French reaction, from Latin reactio, from Latin reago, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.

reactional (English): Of or pertaining to a reaction

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a reaction

Ancestry of “reactional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréactionnelreaction
2Frenchréactionreaction
3Russianреа́кция—
4Old Frenchreaction—
5Latinreactioreaction
6LatinreagoI act upon again, I do again; I react
7Latinrĕ-—
8Latinprōdūcō—
9Latinprō-—
10Proto-Italic*pro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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