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Where does “accumulatively” come from?

accumulatively (English) comes from English accumulative, from English -ive, from Middle English -yf, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

accumulatively (English): In an accumulative manner

Definitions

  1. In an accumulative manner

Ancestry of “accumulatively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccumulativeCharacterized by accumulation; serving to collect...
2English-iveAn adjective suffix signifying relating or...
3Middle English-yfA suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...
4Old French-if-ive
5Latin-īvus—
6Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
7Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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