Etymology

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Today it means: Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail. Full definition →

Latin explicātīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromexplicātīvus
  2. English todayexplicative

From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).

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