English
exemplative
Exemplative comes from Latin exemplātīvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1982exemplative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1982exemplative
Earliest quotation: 1982, Yougindra Khushalani, Martinus Nijhoff: “The United Nations War Crimes commission had in fact…”
The story
Possibly attested once in Middle English, but re-borrowed as it is not attested again until the 19th century.
Every English word from Latin exemplātīvus
Today it means
adj Serving as or providing a typical example.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exemplātīvus / exemplative