The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromrestaurātīvus
- Old French · derived fromrestoratif
- Middle English · inherited fromrestoratif
- English todayrestorative
From Middle English restoratif, restoratyve, from Old French restoratif, restauratif and Medieval Latin restaurātīvus. Equivalent to restore + -ative.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.