Etymology

bellicose

bel·li·cose
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Today it means: Warlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile. Full definition →

Middle English bellicose ← Latin bellicosus ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*dwenos
  3. Old Latin*duenelos?
  4. Old Latinduellum
  5. Old Latinduellicus
  6. Latinbellicus
  7. Latinbellicum signumellip.?
  8. Latinbellicum
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  11. Latinbellicosus
  12. Middle Englishbellicose
  13. English todaybellicose

From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.

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