Etymology

aperitive

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Today it means: Tending to open the bowels; aperient. Full definition →

Medieval Latin aperitivus ← Late Latin apertivus ← Latin aperio
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  1. Latin · derived fromaperio
  2. Late Latin · derived fromapertivus
  3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromaperitivus
  4. English todayaperitive

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.