putative

Meanings

1. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
2. Accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
3. Alleged, purported, ostensible, professed.
4. Prospective, potential, proposed.

Etymology

First attested 1432, from Middle French putatif, from Latin putātīvus (“supposed, purported”), from putātus (“thought”), from putō (“to think, to consider, to reckon”).