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Where does “adjective” come from?

Adjective comes from French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus meaning "added to," from Latin ad meaning "to" and the Proto-Indo-European root ád meaning "to."

adjective (English): A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s...

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  1. A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s...

Ancestry of “adjective”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadjectifadjective
2LatinadiectivusAlternative form of adjectīvus; adjective
3Latinadiciō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adjective”

  • aa
  • adjectival
  • adjectivally
  • deadjectival
  • adjectiveless
  • adjectivity
  • adjectivize
  • nonadjectival
  • adjectivehood
  • adjectivizing
  • nonadjective
  • adjectivality
  • adjectives
  • adjectivise
  • quasi-adjective
  • proadjective
  • adjektive
  • adjektivi
  • adjektivo
  • adjektiva
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →