Etymology

argumentive

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Today it means: Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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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. Anglo-Normanarguement
  7. Middle Englishargument
  8. Englishargument
  9. English todayargumentive

From argument + -ive.

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