English
provocativeness
From provocative + -ness.
A compound of provocative + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-
Latin vocō ‘call’
Latin provocō ‘to call forth, summon’
Late Latin provocativus ‘elicited’
Middle French provocatif
English provocative
Today it means
noun The quality of being provocative; provocative behaviour.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / provocativeness