English
obliterative
From obliterate + -ive.
Formed from obliterate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- ‘to move lightly, effortlessly’
Latin obliterātus ‘having been blotted out, effaced, erased’
English obliterate
Today it means
adj Tending or serving to obliterate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / obliterative