Where does “educative” come from?
Educative comes from Latin educativus, derived from educatus (past participle of educere, meaning "to lead out"), combined with the Latin suffix -ivus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -wós.
educative (English): Serving to educate; educational
Definitions
- Serving to educate; educational
Ancestry of “educative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | educate | to instruct or train |
| 2 | Latin | educatus | brought up, having been brought up, reared,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēducō | to lead, draw or take out, forth or away |
| 4 | Latin | dux | leader, head; commander, general, captain;... |
| 5 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |