246: persuasion Aug 11, 2015

The word 'persuasion' comes from the Latin 'persuasio(n-)', from the verb 'persuadere', which in turn comes from 'per-' meaning ‘through, to completion’ and 'suadere' which means ‘advise’. 'Suasion' comes from Latin 'suasio(n-)', from suadere' but it denoted the sense of ‘to urge’.