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Where does “attractivus” come from?

attractivus (Late Latin) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attractivus (Late Latin): interesting; attractive

Definitions

  1. interesting; attractive

Ancestry of “attractivus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “attractivus”

  • attractive
  • attractiveness
  • unattractive
  • attractively
  • unattractiveness
  • unattractively
  • attractivity
  • chemoattractive
  • nonattractive
  • superattractive
  • counterattractive
  • attractif
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →