Where does “adjective” come from?
adjective (Latin) comes from Latin adjectivus, from Latin adicio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
adjective (Latin): vocative masculine singular of adjectīvus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of adjectīvus
Ancestry of “adjective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | adjectivus | added, additional; adjectival |
| 2 | Latin | adicio | I throw, hurl, cast or fling an object to,... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |