Where does “rehabilitatively” come from?
rehabilitatively (English) comes from English rehabilitative, from English -ive, from Middle English -yf, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
rehabilitatively (English): In terms of rehabilitation
Definitions
- In terms of rehabilitation
Ancestry of “rehabilitatively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | rehabilitative | Tending to rehabilitate; For the purpose of... |
| 2 | English | -ive | An adjective suffix signifying relating or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -yf | A suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 4 | Old French | -if | -ive |
| 5 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |