Etymology

autoaggression

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Today it means: The behaviour of autoaggressive antibodies Full definition →

English aggression ← Middle French aggression ← Latin aggressiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  15. Latingradior
  16. Latinaggredior
  17. Latinaggressiō
  18. Middle Frenchaggression
  19. Englishaggression
  20. English todayautoaggression

From auto- + aggression.

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