Where does “repugnance” come from?

Repugnance comes from Old French repugnance, meaning opposition or resistance.

repugnance (English): Extreme aversion, repulsion; Contradiction,...

Definitions

  1. Extreme aversion, repulsion; Contradiction,...

Ancestry of “repugnance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrepugnance—
2Latinrepugnantiaresistance, opposition; contradiction,...
3Latinrepugnāre—
Every word from Latin repugnāre →Every word from Latin repugnantia →Every word from Old French repugnance →