Where does “unpercussive” come from?
unpercussive (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 — that.
unpercussive (English): Not percussive
Definitions
- Not percussive
Ancestry of “unpercussive”, step by step
unpercussive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English percussive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percussive | Characterized by percussion; caused by or related... |
| 2 | English | percuss | to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to;... |
| 3 | Latin | percussus | thrust through; pierced |
| 4 | Latin | percutiō | to strike, beat |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |