English

additive plural

From additive + plural.

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

Latin addō ‘to add’

Late Latin additivus

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’

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Latin plūs

Old French plūs ‘more than’

Old French plurel

Middle English plurelle

Today it means

noun A form of plural in which the referent is a collection of those items to which the stem itself refers (within a given frame of reference).

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

Etymograph / additive plural