English
promptive
prompt + -ive
Formed from prompt + -ive
Latin prōmō ‘to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring…’
Latin prōmptus ‘visible, apparent, evident’
Middle French prompt
Middle English prompte
English prompt
Today it means
adj Serving as a prompt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / promptive