Etymology

prohibitive

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Today it means: Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. Full definition →

Middle English prohibitif ← Medieval Latin prohibitīvus ← Latin prohibēre
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  1. Latin · derived fromprohibēre
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromprohibitīvus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromprohibitif
  4. English todayprohibitive

From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

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