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- Latin · derived fromnōmen substantīvum
- Middle English · inherited fromnoun substantyf
- English todaynoun substantive
From Middle English noun substantyf, a calque of Latin nōmen substantīvum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
noun substantive
Today it means: A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. Full definition →
Middle English noun substantyf ← Latin nōmen substantīvum