myEtymology.com: English etymology of retaliating

Etymology of the English word retaliating

the English word retaliating

derived from the English word retaliate

derived from the Latin word retaliatio

derived from the Late Latin word retaliare

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Latin word talio (retaliation)

derived from the Latin word talis (such; so great; so excellent)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telə-