English
animadversive
Animadversive comes from Latin animadvertō ‘animadvert’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertōas animadvertere, past participial stem‘animadvert’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvers-
- Englishearliest quotation 1642animadversive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertōas animadvertere, past participial stem‘animadvert’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvers-
- Englishearliest quotation 1642animadversive
Earliest quotation: 1642, Henry More, The Immortal Soul: “If soul were the material form of the body,…”
Formed from -ive
Every English word from Latin animadvertō
Today it means
adj Having the ability to perceive, perceptive, attentive, percipient.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin animadvertō / animadversive