Etymology

emphatical

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Today it means: Emphatic. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English emphatic
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The story

  1. Englishemphatic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todayemphatical

From emphatic + -al.

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