Where does “violence” come from?
violence (Middle English) comes from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
violence (Middle English): Violence or an example of it; A harmful force of...
Definitions
- Violence or an example of it; A harmful force of...
Ancestry of “violence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | violence | violence; act of violence |
| 2 | Latin | violentia | violence; aggressiveness |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |