Where does “constitutive” come from?
Constitutive derives from Latin constituere, from which the adjective-forming suffix -ivus (from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, itself from -wós) created the sense of "tending to establish or compose."
constitutive (English): having the power or authority to constitute,...
Definitions
- having the power or authority to constitute,...
Ancestry of “constitutive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | constitute | To set up; to establish; to enact; To make up; to... |
| 2 | Latin | constitutum | arrangement, agreement |
| 3 | Latin | cōnstituō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | — |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “constitutive”