English
laudative
Laudative comes from Latin laudativus ‘laudatory’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudativus‘laudatory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605laudative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudativus‘laudatory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605laudative
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “men have entered into a purpose to enter into…”
Every English word from Latin laudativus
Today it means
adj laudatory
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laudativus / laudative