Etymograph

English

abditive

Abditive comes from Latin abditīvus ‘removed or separated from’, and goes back to abdō ‘hide, conceal’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdō‘hide, conceal’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabditīvus‘removed or separated from’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1789abditive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdō‘hide, conceal’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabditīvus‘removed or separated from’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1789abditive

Earliest quotation: 1789, Philip Withers, Alfred's Apology: “There is also a species of wit which may…”

Linked words

through Latin abdō ‘hide, conceal’

abdominal, abdomen, 2 more

Today it means

adj Having the quality of hiding

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin abdō / abditive

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