offensif
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus.[1][2] By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.[2]
Adjective edit
offensif (feminine offensive, masculine plural offensifs, feminine plural offensives)
- offensive
- Antonym: inoffensif
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “offendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 7: N–Pas, page 330
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “offensif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.