Etymograph

English

repulsiveness

From repulsive + -ness.

A compound of repulsive + -ness

Latin repulsus ‘having been rejected, repulsed, repelled’

Medieval Latin repulsivus

Middle French repulsif

English repulsive

Today it means

noun The characteristic of being repulsive.

Sources

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