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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

  1. In a retaliatory manner

Ancestry of “retaliatorily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretaliatoryRelating to or part of a retaliation
2EnglishretaliateTo do something harmful or negative to get...
3Latinretaliatus—
4Latinretaliare—
5Latintaliō—
6Latintālis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
8Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
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