English
educative
From educate + -ive.
A compound of educate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, to draw’
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Latin ēducō ‘bring up’
Latin ēducātus ‘educated, having been educated, trained,…’
Middle English educat ‘educated’
Middle English educaten
English educate
Today it means
adj Serving to educate; educational.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / educative