Where does “zoosadistic” come from?

zoosadistic (English) comes from English sadistic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

zoosadistic (English): Exhibiting or relating to zoosadism

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting or relating to zoosadism

Ancestry of “zoosadistic”, step by step

zoosadistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sadistic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsadisticDelighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English zoo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzooA park where live animals are exhibited; Any...
2Ancient Greekζῷονanimal, beast; form, image
3Proto-Hellenicďṓyyonanimal, creature, beast
4Proto-Hellenicgʷyōwyon
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷyeh₃w-y-om
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
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