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- Latin · derived fromaddere“to add”
- Late Latin · derived fromadditivus
- English todayadditive
From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
additive
Today it means: Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added. Full definition →
Late Latin additivus ← Latin addere