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Where does “shockingness” come from?

shockingness (English) comes from English shocking, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать.

shockingness (English): The state or quality of being shocking

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being shocking

Ancestry of “shockingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshockingInspiring shock; startling; Unusually obscene or...
2EnglishshockA sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising...
3Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
4Germanschockieren—
5Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
6Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
7Russianшоки́ровать—
8Russian-и́ровать—
9German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
10French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
11English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
12Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
13Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
14Latin-āre—
15Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
16Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
17Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
18Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
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