Where does “evaluative” come from?
Evaluative derives from English evaluate, which comes from Anglo-Norman -if, Latin -ivus, and Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós, suffixes forming adjectives from verbal roots.
evaluative (English): Relating to the assignment of value to a person,...
Definitions
- Relating to the assignment of value to a person,...
Ancestry of “evaluative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evaluate | To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; To... |
| 2 | English | evaluation | An assessment, such as an annual personnel... |
| 3 | French | évaluation | assessment |
| 4 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 5 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 7 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |