English Explanatory Dictionary

-ative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. of, related to, or associated with the thing specified

Word forms

-ative -tive

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative From -ate + -ive.

Related words

-ive -atif
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