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Where does “causatif” come from?

causatif (French) comes from Latin causātīvus, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

causatif (French): causative

Definitions

  1. causative

Ancestry of “causatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincausātīvus—
2Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
3Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

Words derived from “causatif”

  • causative
  • anticausative
  • causatively
  • noncausative
  • multicausative
  • noncausatively
  • causative
  • causativement
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