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Where does “lative” come from?

lative (English) comes from French latif, from Arabic لَطِيف — gentle, kind; kind, nice, lovely.

lative (English): A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern...

Definitions

  1. A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern...

Ancestry of “lative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlatiflative, lative case
2Arabicلَطِيفgentle, kind; kind, nice, lovely

Words derived from “lative”

  • latively
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