Where does “anticausative” come from?

anticausative (English) comes from English causative, from French causatif, from Latin causātīvus, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

anticausative (English): which shows an action affecting its subject,...

Definitions

  1. which shows an action affecting its subject,...

Ancestry of “anticausative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcausativeacting as a cause; expressing a cause or...
2Frenchcausatifcausative
3Latincausātīvus—
4Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
5Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

Words derived from “anticausative”

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