The story
- Latin · derived frompersuādēre“to persuade”
- Latin · derived frompersuasorius
- English todaypersuasory
From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 16th c. Persuasive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.