Where does “reportative” come from?
reportative (English) comes from English report, from Middle English reporten, from Old French reporter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
reportative (English): A grammatical construct used in some languages...
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- A grammatical construct used in some languages...
Ancestry of “reportative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | report | To relate details of ; to recount, describe; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | reporten | — |
| 3 | Old French | reporter | to bring back; to gain; to get |
| 4 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “reportative”