Etymograph

English

generativist

From generative + -ist.

A compound of generative + -ist

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus ‘species, taxon, race’

Latin genero ‘to generate, to produce’

Middle English generatyve

English generative

Today it means

noun A proponent of generative grammar or generative semantics

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / generativist