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Where does “percursor” come from?

percursor (Latin) comes from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

percursor (Latin): striker, stabber; assassin

Definitions

  1. striker, stabber; assassin

Ancestry of “percursor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpercurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “percursor”

  • percursory
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