FromLate Latindēnōminātīvus, acalque ofAncient Greekπαρώνυμος(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 prepositiondē(“from”) and the stem ofnōmen(“name, noun”).
denominative (notcomparable)
- Being aname.
1885, William Philo Clark,The Indian Sign Language, page283:From the fact that this was the most noticeable feature in their costume, the name came naturally to be thedenominative term of the tribe.
- Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation;denominable.
1678, J. Hawkins,Cocker's Arithm.,ii. 29:The leastdenominative part of time is a second.
- (grammar) Deriving from anoun, or from anadjective, such as the verbdestruct from the noundestruction.
denominative (pluraldenominatives)
- A word, often averb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
word that is derived from a noun or adjective
denominative f pl
- feminineplural ofdenominativo
dēnōminātīve
- vocativemasculinesingular ofdēnōminātīvus
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