English
microaggressor
Microaggressor comes from Latin aggressor ‘attacker, assailant, aggressor’, from gradior ‘to step, walk, stride’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradior1‘to step, walk, stride’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggredior1‘to attack, assault, beset, aggress’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggressor1‘attacker, assailant, aggressor’
- English1500–presentaggressor1
- Englishtodaymicroaggressor1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English microaggressor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰredʰ-Wiktionary, English microaggressorreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgradiorWiktionary, English microaggressor‘to step, walk, stride’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggrediorWiktionary, English microaggressor‘to attack, assault, beset, aggress’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggressorWiktionary, English microaggressor‘attacker, assailant, aggressor’
- English1500–presentaggressorWiktionary, English microaggressor
- EnglishtodaymicroaggressorWiktionary, English microaggressor
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-
degree, graduate, progressive, progression, retrograde, gradation, gree, digression, 24 more
through Latin gradior ‘to step, walk, stride’
congress, progress, ingredient, gradient, digress, regress, 25 more
through Latin aggredior ‘to attack, assault, beset, aggress’
Today it means
noun One who engages in acts of microaggression.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “microaggressor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- / microaggressor