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Where does “penetratyve” come from?

penetratyve (Middle English) comes from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from Latin penētrāre.

Ancestry of “penetratyve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpenetrativus—
2Latinpenētrāre—

Words derived from “penetratyve”

  • penetrative
  • interpenetrative
  • nonpenetrative
  • penetrativeness
  • penetratively
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