< Latin-īvus; in some words, representing French-ive, feminine of -if
Related Words
-ative
bounteous
-itive
-ivus
abessive
abjective
-ivea suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc., as in active, corrective, destructive, detective, passive, sportive.
Compare -ative. [Latin -īvus; also representing French -if (masculine), -ive (feminine), from Latin]
-ive adjective suffix
ETYMOLOGY Middle French -ive, from Latin -ivus
: that performs or tends toward an (indicated) action amusive
-ive
/ɪv/
suffix
(forming adjectives, also nouns derived from them) tending to; having the nature of
[构成形容词及由此而衍生的名词] 表示“有…倾向的”; “有…本质的”, “有…特色的”:
active
corrosive
palliative.
派生词
-ivelysuffix
forming corresponding adverbs
构成相对应的副词
-ivenesssuffix
forming corresponding nouns
构成相对应的名词。
词源
from French -if, -ive, from Latin -ivus.
-ive, suffixforming adjs. (and ns.) Formerly also -if, -ife; a. Fr.-if, fem.-ive (=It., Sp.-ivo):—L. īv-us, a suffix added to the ppl. stem of verbs, as in act-īvus active, pass-īvus passive, nātīv-us of inborn kind; sometimes to the pres. stem, as cad-īvus falling, and to ns. as tempest-īvus seasonable. Few of these words came down in OF., e.g.naïf, naïve:—L. nātīv-um; but the suffix is largely used in the modern Romanic langs., and in Eng., to adapt L. words in -īvus, or form words on L. analogies, with the sense ‘having a tendency to, having the nature, character, or quality of, given to (some action)’. The meaning differs from that of ppl.adjs. in -ing, -ant, -ent, in implying a permanent or habitual quality or tendency: cf.acting, active, attracting, attractive, coherent, cohesive, consequent, consecutive. From their derivation, the great majority of these end in -sive and -tive, and of these about one half in -ative, which tends consequently to become a living suffix, as in talk-ative, etc. A few are formed immediately on the vb. stem, esp. where this ends in s (c) or t, thus easily passing muster among those formed on the ppl. stem; such are amusive, coercive, conducive, crescive, forcive, piercive, adaptive, adoptive, denotive, humective; a few are from ns., as massive. In costive, the -ive is not a suffix.Already in L. many of these adjs. were used subst.; this precedent is freely followed in the mod. langs. and in English: e.g.adjective, captive, derivative, expletive, explosive, fugitive, indicative, incentive, invective, locomotive, missive, native, nominative, prerogative, sedative, subjunctive.In some words the final consonant of OF.-if, from -īvus, was lost in ME., leaving in mod.Eng. -y: e.g.hasty, jolly, tardy.Adverbs from adjs. in -ive are formed in -ively; abstract ns. in -iveness and -ivity (F. -iveté, -ivité, L. -īvitāt-em), as in activity, conductivity, resistivity, and similar terms; also spec.(seequot. 1895).1885O. Heaviside in Electrician 4 Sept. 311/1 Thus, ‘specific resistance’ may well be called ‘resistivity’, and specific conductance ‘conductivity’, referring to the unit volume. Resistivity is the reciprocal of conductivity, and resistance of conductance.1895Rep.Brit.Assoc.Adv.Sci. 197 That the termination -ance be used in general for words expressing the properties of a definite body or piece of matter; e.g., resistance, conductance, inductance, permeance, reluctance, &c.; and that the termination -ivity or -ility or the like be used for words expressing the specific properties of a material; e.g., conductivity, resistivity, inductivity, refractivity, permeability, &c.
-ive
sufix forming adjectives from verbs, meaning "pertaining to, tending to," in some cases from Old French -if, but usually directly from Latin -ivus. In some words borrowed from French at an early date it has been reduced to -y (as in hasty, tardy).
-ive
[Noun] condition:
native
☞ -ive, -ative, -itive
-ive/ɪv/suffix.
ORIGIN:Old French & Modern French-if, -ive (= Italian, Spanish-ivo), from Latin-ivus.
Forming adjectives with the sense ‘tending to, having the nature or quality of’, as active, descriptive. Also forming derived nouns, as adjective, locomotive. Cf. -ative.
☞ i've
-ive I. \iv, ēv also əv\adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -if, -ive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French -if, from Latin -ivus; akin to (assumed) Greek -eiwos (whence Greek -eios -ive) : that performs or tends toward or serves to accomplish an (indicated) action especially regularly or lastingly < amusive > < coordinative > II. noun suffix (-s) Etymology: Middle English -if, -ive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French -if, from Latin -ivus, from -ivus, adjective suffix : something that performs or tends toward or serves to accomplish an (indicated) action especially regularly or lastingly < sedative > < directive > < correlative >
-ive
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
IPA: /ɪv/
Suffix
An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman-if (feminine -ive), from Latin-ivus. Until the fourteenth century all Middle English loanwords from Anglo-Norman ended in -if (compare actif, natif, sensitif, pensif etc.), and under the influence of literary Neolatin both languages introduced the form -ive. Those forms that have not been replaced were subsequently changed to end in -y (compare hasty, from hastif, jolly, from jolif etc.).
Like the Latin suffix -io (genitive -ionis), Latin suffix -ivus is appended to the perfect passive participle to form an adjective of action.
Derived terms
attractive
active
affirmative
conclusive
constructive
corrective
curative
derivative
diminutive
massive
narrative
negative
passive
pensive
sedative
vindicative, vindictive
violative
References
-ive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Miller, D. Gary (2006) Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English and Their Indo-European Ancestry, Oxford University Press, page 204
后缀:-ive ①[形容词后缀]
表示有...性质的、有...作用的、有...倾向的、属于...的
educative 有教育作用的
protective 保护的,防护的
impressive 印象深刻的
preventive 预防的
purposive 有目的的
resistive 抵抗的
creative 创造性的
progressive 进步的
amusive 娱乐的
productive 生产(性)的
constructive 建设(性)的
attractive 有吸引力的
selective 选择的
expensive 花钱多的
②[名词后缀]
1、表示人
detective 侦探,密探
native 本地人,土人
relative 亲戚
representative 代表
progressive 进步人士
executive 执行者
2、表示物
locomotive 火车头,机车
explosive 炸药,爆炸物
directive 指令
adhesive 胶粘剂
anticorrosive 防腐蚀剂
preventive 预防药
olive 橄榄(树)
3、构成抽象名词
motive 动机
offensive 攻势
subjunctive 虚拟语气
initiative 主动
perspective 透视,眼力
alternative 取舍,抉择
词根词缀:-ive
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to; of the quality of, inclined to