Etymology

suspensive

sus·pen·sive
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Today it means: That suspends, temporarily stops. Full definition →

Latin suspēnsīvus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsuspēnsīvus
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromsuspēnsīvus
  3. English todaysuspensive

Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsīvus. First attested in 1557. By surface analysis, suspense + -ive.

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