English
adjectitious
Adjectitious comes from Latin adiectīcius ‘additional’, and goes back to adiectus ‘thrown, hurled’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiectus‘thrown, hurled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiectīcius‘additional’
- Englishearliest quotation 1827adjectitious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiectus‘thrown, hurled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiectīcius‘additional’
- Englishearliest quotation 1827adjectitious
Earliest quotation: 1827, Jeremy Bentham: “Circumstances by which the obligations and rights, as well…”
Every English word from Latin adiectus
Today it means
adj Added; additional.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin adiectus / adjectitious