deverbative

[ dee-vur-buh-tiv ]

adjective

1. (especially of nouns) derived from a verb, as the noun driver from the verb drive.
2. indicating derivation from a verb, as the suffix -er in driver or -ment in development.

noun

1. a deverbative word.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deverbative¹

1910–15; de- + verb + -ative, by analogy with denominative