Where does “possessively” come from?
possessively (English) comes from English possessive, from Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus, from Latin possideō, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis — to drink.
possessively (English): in a possessive manner
Ancestry of “possessively”, step by step