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-itive

  1. a suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin:

    definitive; fugitive.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -itive1

< Latin -itīvus or -ītīvus; -ite 2, -ive
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Example Sentences

Post′-pos′itive; Post′-remote′, more remote in subsequent time or order; Post′-ter′tiary, more recent than the Tertiary.

Prim′itive-col′ours, the colours from which all others are supposed to be derived—viz.

Voli′tionless; Vol′itive, having power to will: expressing a wish.

Exhib′itive, serving for exhibition: representative; Exhib′itory, exhibiting.

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