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Where does “agressif” come from?

agressif (French) comes from French agresser, from Latin aggressus, from Latin aggredior, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

agressif (French): aggressive

Definitions

  1. aggressive

Ancestry of “agressif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagresserto assault; to attack
2Latinaggressusapproached; solicited; attacked
3LatinaggrediorI advance or go to or towards, approach; I...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “agressif”

  • agressivement
  • agressivité
  • agressive
  • aggressiv
  • aggressiv
  • aggressiv
  • agresszív
  • agresszívebb
  • agresszivitás
  • agresszivitások
  • agresszívabb
  • aggressiv
  • aggressiv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →