Etymology

repugnant

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Today it means: Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. Full definition →

Middle English repugnaunt ← Old French repugnant ← Latin repugnans
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  1. Latin · derived fromrepugnans
  2. Old French · derived fromrepugnant
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrepugnaunt
  4. English todayrepugnant

From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant.

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