adjective
late 14c., as an adjective, "adjectival," in noun adjective, from Old French adjectif (14c.), from Latin adjectivum "that is added to (the noun)," neuter of adjectivus "added," from past participle of adicere "to throw or place (a thing) near," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet, v.). Also as a noun from late 14c. In 19c. Britain, the word itself often was a euphemism for the taboo adjective bloody.
They ... slept until it was cool enough to go out with their 'Towny,' whose vocabulary contained less than six hundred words, and the Adjective. [Kipling, "Soldiers Three," 1888]
〔蒋〕[ad-表示to,ject投,-ive名词后缀;’投放在名词旁的词”] 形容词;[-ive形容词后缀,…的] 形容词的
〔李〕[ad-=to向;ject=to throw投;-ive a.=being……的→“being thrown to a main body被投向主体的”→]Ⅰa.① added;dependent添加的;从属的