Etymology

talkative

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Today it means: Tending to talk a lot. Full definition →

Middle English talkatyve
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtalkatyve
  2. English todaytalkative

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk + -ative.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.