Etymology

narrative

nar·ra·tive
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Today it means: Telling a story. Full definition →

Middle Scots narrative ← Middle French narratif ← Latin narrātīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromnarrātīvus
  2. Middle French · derived fromnarratif
  3. Middle Scots · borrowed fromnarrative
  4. English todaynarrative

Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive.

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