Etymograph

English

communicative

Communicative comes from Middle French communicatif.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600communicatif1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1834communicative1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English communicative
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “One of his attendants had found no little favour…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600communicatifWiktionary, English communicative
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1834communicativeWiktionary, English communicative. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “One of his attendants had found no little favour…”

Every English word from Middle French communicatif

Today it means

adj Eager to communicate; talkative.

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

Etymograph / Middle French communicatif / communicative

Shirt and support for this word