English
causative
Causative comes from Latin causātīvus ‘causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative’, and goes back to causa ‘cause’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausātīvus‘causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcausatif
- Englishearliest quotation 1605causative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausātīvus‘causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcausatif
- Englishearliest quotation 1605causative
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “Causative in nature of a number of effects.”
Linked words
through Old Latin caussa
through Latin causa ‘cause’
because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, syllabus, accusation, inexcusable, excusable, accusative, 23 more
Today it means
adj Acting as a cause.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / causative