Where does “appointive” come from?
Appointive derives from English appoint, from Middle English apointen, from Latin -ivus and punctum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -wós, a suffix forming adjectives.
appointive (English): of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment
Definitions
- of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment
Ancestry of “appointive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appoint | To set, fix or determine by authority or... |
| 2 | Middle English | apointen | — |
| 3 | Old French | apointier | to prepare; to equip; to treat |
| 4 | Old French | pointier | — |
| 5 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 6 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 7 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |