Etymology

emulative

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Today it means: Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative. Full definition →

New Latin emulatīvus
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed fromemulatīvus
  2. English todayemulative

First attested in 1593; borrowed from New Latin emulatīvus, by surface analysis, emulate + -ive.

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