accumulative

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?

Latin cumulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin cumulō

Latin accumulō

Latin accumulātusbor.

Middle English accumylaten

English accumulate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English accumulative

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/, /əˈkjum.jəˌlə.tɪv/
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accumulative (comparative more accumulative, superlative most accumulative)

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Synonyms: cumulative, additional
- 1959, Mervyn Peake, chapter 88, in Titus Alone, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
  At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

serving to collect or amass