Where does “proliferative” come from?
Proliferative comes from English proliferate, from Latin ferre and the Latin suffix -ivus, both deriving from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- meaning "to bear or carry."
proliferative (English): of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of...
Definitions
- of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of...
Ancestry of “proliferative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proliferate | To increase in number or spread rapidly; to... |
| 2 | English | proliferation | The process by which an organism produces others... |
| 3 | French | prolifération | proliferation, spreading |
| 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 |
Words derived from “proliferative”
- lymphoproliferative
- antiproliferative
- myeloproliferative
- membranoproliferative
- nonproliferative
- hyperproliferative
- fibroproliferative
- immunoproliferative
- hypoproliferative
- mesangioproliferative
- proliferatively
- nonlymphoproliferative
- vasculoproliferative
- alloproliferative
- angioproliferative
- autoproliferative
- cytoproliferative
- endoproliferative
- hematoproliferative
- hepatoproliferative
- neoproliferative
- neuroproliferative
- osteoproliferative
- overproliferative