English
prospective
Prospective comes from Late Latin prospectivus.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEprospectivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600prospectif
- Englishearliest quotation 1613prospective
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEprospectivus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600prospectif
- Englishearliest quotation 1613prospective
Earliest quotation: 1613, Francis Beaumont: “[T]hey [two pavillions] were trimmed on the inside with…”
Every English word from Late Latin prospectivus
Today it means
adj Likely or expected to happen or become.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin prospectivus / prospective