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
- Of, relating to, or providing a description; Of...
Ancestry of “descriptive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | descriptivus | containing a full description |
| 2 | Latin | dēscrībere | — |
Words derived from “descriptive”
- descriptively
- descriptivist
- descriptivism
- descriptiveness
- misdescriptive
- undescriptive
- antidescriptivism
- indescriptive
- autodescriptive
- metadescriptive
- misdescriptiveness
- non-descriptive
- deskriptiivinen
- descriptivity
- overdescriptive
- undescriptively
- undescriptiveness
- deskriptiivisana
- deskriptiivisesti
- deskriptiivisyys
- deskriptivisti
- deskriptivistinen