Where does “repulsive” come from?
repulsive (Italian) comes from Italian repulsivo, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus, from Latin repellō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
repulsive (Italian): feminine plural of repulsivo
Definitions
- feminine plural of repulsivo
Ancestry of “repulsive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | repulsivo | repulsive |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | repulsivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | repulsus | having been rejected, repulsed, repelled; having... |
| 4 | Latin | repellō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |