Etymology

nanoaggression

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Today it means: A particularly trivial microaggression. Full definition →

English aggression ← Middle French aggression ← Latin aggressiō
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  5. Proto-Italic*ad
  6. Proto-Italic*ad-
  7. Latinad-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  9. Latingradior
  10. Latinaggredior
  11. Latinaggressiō
  12. Middle Frenchaggression
  13. Englishaggression
  14. English todaynanoaggression

From nano- + aggression.

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