Etymograph

English

elucidative

From elucidate + -ive.

A compound of elucidate + -ive

Late Latin ēlūcidō ‘to lighten, enlighten’

Late Latin ēlūcidātus ‘lightened, having been lightened’

English elucidate

Today it means

adj Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.

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Etymograph / elucidative