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Where does “ultrapercussive” come from?

ultrapercussive (English) comes from English percussive, from English percuss, from Latin percussus, from Latin percutiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.

ultrapercussive (English): Highly percussive

Definitions

  1. Highly percussive

Ancestry of “ultrapercussive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpercussiveCharacterized by percussion; caused by or related...
2Englishpercussto strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;...
3Latinpercussusthrust through; pierced
4Latinpercutiō—
5Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
6LatinAd—
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnos—
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