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Where does “adjectivise” come from?

adjectivise (English) comes from English adjective, from French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from Latin adiciō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

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Ancestry of “adjectivise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadjectiveA word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s...
2Frenchadjectifadjective
3LatinadiectivusAlternative form of adjectīvus; adjective
4Latinadiciō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →