educative
/ˌedʒɪˈkeɪtɪv/eh-jih-KAY-tiv
/ˌɛdʒɪˈkeɪtɪv/eh-jih-KAY-tiv
Meaningtending to educate
Common meaning: tending to educate (inferred)
- eout
- ducto lead or draw alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 615 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘out’ + ‘to lead or draw along’ → educative
Journey through time
- Latindūcō, dūxī, ductum‘to lead or draw along’
- Englisheducate‘to teach and bring up’
- Englishformed in English from educateeducative‘tending to educate (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: tending to educate. It can be inferred from any of: educate.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from educate + -ive (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- dūcō, dūxī, ductum Latin “to lead or draw along”
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app