Where does “persuader” come from?

persuader (French) comes from Latin persuadere, from Latin persuadeo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

persuader (French): to persuade

Definitions

  1. to persuade

Ancestry of “persuader”, step by step

persuader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin persuadere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpersuaderepresent active infinitive of persuādeō;...
2LatinpersuadeoI persuade, convince; I prevail upon, persuade or...
3Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
4Proto-Italicperi-—

via Middle French persuader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpersuaderto persuade

Words derived from “persuader”

Every word from Proto-Italic peri- →Every word from Latin per- →Every word from Latin persuadeo →