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Where does “curative” come from?

Curative comes from Middle French curatif, meaning relating to healing or treatment.

curative (English): Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat...

Definitions

  1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat...

Ancestry of “curative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcuratif—
2Medieval Latincūrātīvus—

Words derived from “curative”

  • curatively
  • noncurative
  • subcurative
Every word from Medieval Latin cūrātīvus →