Where does “semicreative” come from?
semicreative (English) comes from English creative, from Latin creativus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
semicreative (English): Somewhat creative; A type of set of natural...
Definitions
- Somewhat creative; A type of set of natural...
Ancestry of “semicreative”, step by step
semicreative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English creative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creative | Tending to create things, or having the ability... |
| 2 | Latin | creativus | creative |
| 3 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |