Where does “retaliatory” come from?
Retaliatory comes from English retaliate plus the suffix English -y, which derives from Middle English -y, ultimately from Latin -ivus via Latin -ia and Latin re-.
retaliatory (English): Relating to or part of a retaliation
Definitions
- Relating to or part of a retaliation
Ancestry of “retaliatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retaliate | To do something harmful or negative to get... |
| 2 | Latin | retaliatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | retaliare | — |
| 4 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 5 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 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 |