Etymology

unaggressive

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Today it means: Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent. Full definition →

English aggressive ← Latin aggressu ← Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  13. Latingradior
  14. Latinaggredior
  15. Latinaggressu
  16. Englishaggress
  17. Englishaggressive
  18. English todayunaggressive

From un- + aggressive.

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