English
elicitive
Elicitive comes from Latin ēlicitīvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlicitīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1687elicitive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlicitīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1687elicitive
Earliest quotation: 1687, James Renwick, The Declaration of the Present State of Our Testimony: “We own, That as he ought to take care…”
Equivalent to elicit + -ive
Proto-Italic *lakjō ‘to draw, pull’
Latin laciō ‘to entice, ensnare’
Latin eliciō ‘draw forth’
Latin elicitus ‘enticed, elicited, coaxed’
English elicit
Every English word from Latin ēlicitīvus
Today it means
adj Pertaining to elicitation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ēlicitīvus / elicitive