Where does “miratively” come from?
miratively (English) comes from English mirative, from French admiratif, from Latin admirativus, from Latin admīror, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
miratively (English): In a mirative manner
Definitions
- In a mirative manner
Ancestry of “miratively”, step by step
miratively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mirative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mirative | A grammatical mood that expresses unexpected... |
| 2 | French | admiratif | admiring |
| 3 | Latin | admirativus | — |
| 4 | Latin | admīror | To admire or respect |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |