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Where does “determinative” come from?

Determinative derives from Middle French déterminatif, which means "serving to determine or limit."

determinative (English): An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of...

Definitions

  1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of...

Ancestry of “determinative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdéterminatif—

Words derived from “determinative”

  • determinatively
  • determinativeness
  • nondeterminative
Every word from Middle French déterminatif →