Where does “descriptive” come from?

descriptive (French) comes from French descriptif, from Latin descriptivus, from Latin dēscrībere.

descriptive (French): feminine singular of descriptif

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of descriptif

Ancestry of “descriptive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdescriptifdescriptive
2Latindescriptivuscontaining a full description
3Latindēscrībere—
Every word from Latin dēscrībere →Every word from Latin descriptivus →Every word from French descriptif →
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