Etymology

nuncupative

nun·cu·pa·tive
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Today it means: Oral; not written. Full definition →

Middle English nuncupatif ← Middle French nuncupatif ← Latin nuncupātīvus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromnuncupātīvus“nominal”
  2. Middle French · derived fromnuncupatif
  3. Middle English · inherited fromnuncupatif
  4. English todaynuncupative

From Middle English nuncupatif, nuncupatife, from Middle French nuncupatif and its etymon Latin nuncupātīvus (“nominal”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.