Etymograph

English

persuasory

Persuasory comes from Latin persuadeō ‘to persuade’, from suādeō ‘to advise’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *swādejō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swādejō1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuādeō2‘to advise’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpersuadeō3as persuādēre, participle stem‘to persuade’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpersuasorius3
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1748persuasory3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin suadeo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin persuadeo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English persuasory
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter XX: “This, as my mother was pleased to tell me,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swādejōWiktionary, Latin suadeoreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuādeōWiktionary, Latin persuadeo‘to advise’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpersuadeōWiktionary, English persuasoryas persuādēre, participle stem‘to persuade’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpersuasoriusWiktionary, English persuasory
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1748persuasoryWiktionary, English persuasory. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter XX: “This, as my mother was pleased to tell me,…”

Every English word from Proto-Italic *swādejō

Today it means

adj Persuasive.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “persuasory”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin suadeo, Latin persuadeo. 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.

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