Where does “retaliator” come from?
retaliator (English) comes from English retaliate, from Latin retaliatus, from Latin retaliare, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
retaliator (English): One who retaliates
Ancestry of “retaliator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | retaliate | To do something harmful or negative to get... |
| 2 | Latin | retaliatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | retaliare | — |
| 4 | Latin | taliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |