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Where does “creativus” come from?

creativus (Late Latin) comes from Latin creātus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

Ancestry of “creativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincreātus—
2Latincreō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “creativus”

  • creative
  • creativity
  • creatively
  • creativeness
  • uncreative
  • noncreative
  • uncreatively
  • subcreative
  • noncreativity
  • uncreativity
  • hypercreative
  • uncreativeness
  • precreative
  • anticreative
  • miscreative
  • hypercreativity
  • anticreativity
  • creatify
  • semicreative
  • creativize
  • creativelike
  • creativamente
  • creativa
  • creativo
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