Where does “descriptive” come from?

Descriptive comes from Latin dēscriptīvus, meaning characterized by description or depicting.

descriptive (English): Of, relating to, or providing a description; Of...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or providing a description; Of...

Ancestry of “descriptive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindescriptivuscontaining a full description
2Latindēscrībere

Words derived from “descriptive

Every word from Latin dēscrībereEvery word from Latin descriptivus