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Denominative
Definitions
- 1 Being a name. not-comparable
"From the fact that this was the most noticeable feature in their costume, the name came naturally to be the denominative term of the tribe."
- 2 Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. not-comparable
"The least denominative part of time is a second."
- 3 Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction. not-comparable
- 1 A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
Etymology
From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”, but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).
From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”, but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).
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