Where does “appetitive” come from?
Appetitive derives from Anglo-Norman -if, Latin -ivus (suffix forming adjectives), Latin appetitus (desire, craving), and Latin appetere (to strive toward), built from ad- (toward) and petere (to seek).
appetitive (English): Having the quality of desiring gratification
Definitions
- Having the quality of desiring gratification
Ancestry of “appetitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appetite | Desire to eat food or consume drink; Any strong... |
| 2 | Middle English | appetit | — |
| 3 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 4 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 5 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |