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Where does “relativiser” come from?

relativiser (French) comes from French relatif, from Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, from Latin referō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

relativiser (French): to relativize; to put things into perspective

Definitions

  1. to relativize; to put things into perspective

Ancestry of “relativiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrelatifrelative; not absolute; connected to or depending...
2Latinrelātīvus—
3Latinrelātus—
4Latinreferō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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