Where does “privative” come from?
privative (English) comes from Latin privativus, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
privative (English): causing privation; depriving; consisting in the...
Definitions
- causing privation; depriving; consisting in the...
Ancestry of “privative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | privativus | privative |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |