Where does “informativiteit” come from?
informativiteit (Dutch) comes from Dutch informatief, from French informatif, from English informative, from English inform, from French informe, from Latin informis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn- — in.
informativiteit (Dutch): informativity
Definitions
- informativity
Ancestry of “informativiteit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | informatief | informative |
| 2 | French | informatif | informative, instructive |
| 3 | English | informative | Providing information; "especially", providing... |
| 4 | English | inform | To instruct, train; To communicate knowledge to;... |
| 5 | French | informe | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | informis | formless, shapeless; deformed; hideous, ugly |
| 7 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |