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Where does “rousingness” come from?

rousingness (English) comes from English rousing, from English rouse, from Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, from Latin recuso, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

rousingness (English): The quality of being rousing

Definitions

  1. The quality of being rousing

Ancestry of “rousingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrousingThat rouses or excites; present participle of...
2EnglishrouseAn arousal; The sounding of a bugle in the...
3Middle Englishrousen—
4Anglo-Normanreuser—
5LatinrecusoI refuse, decline; I object to, reject; I...
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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