English
impetrative
Impetrative comes from Latin impetrativus ‘obtained by entreaty’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrativus‘obtained by entreaty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634impetrative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrativus‘obtained by entreaty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634impetrative
Earliest quotation: 1612–1634, Joseph Hall, (please specify the page): “prayers, which were most perfect and impetrative”.
Every English word from Latin impetrativus
Today it means
adj Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin impetrativus / impetrative