Etymograph

English

privative

Privative comes from Latin privativus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprivativus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1651privative

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprivativus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1651privative

Earliest quotation: 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […]: “Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity.”

Every English word from Latin privativus

Today it means

adj Causing privation; depriving.

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Etymograph / Latin privativus / privative

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