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Where does “unprovocativeness” come from?

unprovocativeness (English) comes from English unprovocative, from English provocative, from Middle French provocatif, from Latin provocativus, from Latin prōvocō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

unprovocativeness (English): The quality of being unprovocative

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unprovocative

Ancestry of “unprovocativeness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunprovocativeNot provocative or stimulating
2EnglishprovocativeServing or tending to elicit a strong, often...
3Middle Frenchprovocatif—
4Latinprovocativuselicited
5Latinprōvocō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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