interactive
/ˌɪntəˈæktɪv/in-tur-AK-tiv
/ˌɪntɚˈæktɪv/in-tur-AK-tiv
Meaningtending to interact
Common meaning: tending to interact (inferred)
- interbetween, among
- actdrive, lead; do, actLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 74 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘between, among’ + ‘drive, lead’ → interactive
Journey through time
- Latinagō, ēgī, āctum‘drive, lead’
- Englishinteract‘to act on or communicate with each other’
- Englishformed in English from interactinteractive‘tending to interact (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 interact. It can be inferred from any of: interact.
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from interact + -ive (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- agō, ēgī, āctum Latin “drive, lead; do, act”
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