English
significative
Significative comes from Latin sīgnificātīvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīgnificātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1605significative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsīgnificātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1605significative
Earliest quotation: 1605, M. N. pseudonym; William Camden, Remaines of a Greater Worke: “Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute…”
The story
Latin sīgnificātīvus: compare French significatif.
Every English word from Latin sīgnificātīvus
Today it means
adj That tends to signify or indicate; indicative
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sīgnificātīvus / significative