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Where does “admirative” come from?

admirative (French) comes from French admiratif, from Latin admirativus, from Latin admīror, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

admirative (French): feminine singular of admiratif

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of admiratif

Ancestry of “admirative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchadmiratifadmiring
2Latinadmirativus—
3Latinadmīror—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “admirative”

  • admirativement
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