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- Late Latin · borrowed fromappellātīvus
- English todayappellative
From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
appellative
Today it means: Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun. Full definition →
Late Latin appellātīvus