Etymology

decorative

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Today it means: That serves to decorate Full definition →

Latin decorātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromdecorātus
  2. English todaydecorative

From Latin decorātus + -ive. Cognate with French décoratif.

Words from the same roots

Latindecorātus all →

decorate

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