Etymology

argumentative

ar·gu·ment·a·tive
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Today it means: Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive. Full definition →

Middle English argumentatif ← Medieval Latin argūmentātīvus ← Latin argūmentor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  3. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  4. Latinarguō
  5. Latinargūmentum
  6. Latinargūmentor
  7. Medieval Latinargūmentātīvus
  8. Middle Englishargumentatif
  9. English todayargumentative

From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).

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