Where does “retaliatorily” come from?
retaliatorily (English) comes from English retaliatory, 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- — this; that.
retaliatorily (English): In a retaliatory manner
Definitions
- In a retaliatory manner
Ancestry of “retaliatorily”, step by step
retaliatorily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retaliatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retaliatory | Relating to or part of a retaliation |
| 2 | English | retaliate | To do something harmful or negative to get... |
| 3 | Latin | retaliatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | retaliare | — |
| 5 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 6 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |