Where does “suasion” come from?
Suasion comes from Middle English suasion, from Latin suasio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d-, with the Latin -tio and -tis suffixes marking the nominal derivation.
suasion (English): The act of urging or influencing; persuasion
Definitions
- The act of urging or influencing; persuasion
Ancestry of “suasion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | suasion | — |
| 2 | Latin | suāsiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |