Etymograph

English

distributive

Distributive comes from Latin distribūtiō ‘division, distribution’, and goes back to distribuō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribuō‘to divide or distribute’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribūtiō‘division, distribution’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribūtīvus
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600distributif
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1709distributive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribuō‘to divide or distribute’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribūtiō‘division, distribution’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistribūtīvus
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600distributif
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1709distributive

Earliest quotation: 1709, Jonathan Swift, A Project for the Advancement of Religion: “[I]t is worth obſerving the diſtributive Juſtice of the…”

Every English word from Latin distribuō

Today it means

adj Relating to distribution.

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Etymograph / Latin distribuō / distributive

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