Etymology

descriptive

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or providing a description. Full definition →

Latin dēscriptīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēscriptīvus“containing a full description”
  2. English todaydescriptive

From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.