denominative
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”,[1] 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”).
Adjective edit
denominative (not comparable)
- Being a name.
- 1885, William Philo Clark, The Indian Sign Language, page 283:
- 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.
- Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
- 1678, J. Hawkins, Cocker's Arithm., ii. 29:
- The least denominative part of time is a second.
- (grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
Synonyms edit
- (grammar): denominal
Translations edit
deriving from a noun — see also denominal
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being a name
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Noun edit
denominative (plural denominatives)
- A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
word that is derived from a noun or adjective
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References edit
- ^ “denominative, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, November 2016.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “denominative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- denominative, denominal at Google Ngram Viewer
Italian edit
Adjective edit
denominative f pl
Latin edit
Adjective edit
dēnōminātīve