Where does “repulsiveness” come from?
repulsiveness (English) comes from English repulsive, from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus, from Latin repellō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
repulsiveness (English): The characteristic of being repulsive
Definitions
- The characteristic of being repulsive
Ancestry of “repulsiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | repulsive | tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; having... |
| 2 | Middle French | repulsif | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | repulsivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | repulsus | having been rejected, repulsed, repelled; having... |
| 5 | Latin | repellō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |