Where does “deletive” come from?
deletive (English) comes from English delete, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
deletive (English): Tending to delete or obliterate
Definitions
- Tending to delete or obliterate
Ancestry of “deletive”, step by step