English
expeditive
Expeditive comes from Middle French expéditif.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600expéditif
- Englishearliest quotation 1617expeditive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600expéditif
- Englishearliest quotation 1617expeditive
Earliest quotation: 1617, Francis Bacon: “But I mean not to purchase the praise of…”
Every English word from Middle French expéditif
Today it means
adj Performing with speed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French expéditif / expeditive