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Where does “repulsivo” come from?

repulsivo (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus, from Latin repellō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

repulsivo (Italian): repulsive

Definitions

  1. repulsive

Ancestry of “repulsivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinrepulsivus—
2Latinrepulsushaving been rejected, repulsed, repelled; having...
3Latinrepellō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “repulsivo”

  • repulsività
  • repulsive
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