Etymology

comparative

com·par·a·tive
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Today it means: Of or relating to comparison. Full definition →

Middle English comparatif ← Old French comparatif ← Latin comparātīvu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinpār
  7. Latincompār
  8. Latincomparō
  9. Latinīvus
  10. Latincomparātīvu
  11. Old Frenchcomparatif
  12. Middle Englishcomparatif
  13. English todaycomparative

From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.

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