Where does “rehabilitative” come from?
Rehabilitative comes from English rehabilitate, formed with the Anglo-Norman suffix -if from Latin -ivus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós and -wós.
rehabilitative (English): Tending to rehabilitate; For the purpose of...
Definitions
- Tending to rehabilitate; For the purpose of...
Ancestry of “rehabilitative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | -ive | An adjective suffix signifying relating or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -yf | A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 3 | Old French | -if | -ive |
| 4 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “rehabilitative”