adverbative

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom

Proto-Italic *werβom

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Ancient Greek ῥῆμᾰ (rhêmă)sl.

Latin verbum

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

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Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ρρημα (epĭ́rrhēma)calq.?

Latin adverbiumbor.

French adverbebor.

English adverb

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English -ative

English adverbative

From adverb + -ative.

adverbative (not comparable)

(grammar) Functioning as an adverb; adverbial.
- 2002, Ross King et al., Continuing Korean, page 211:
  "Verbs have an adverbative form made by attaching -게 to the base."

Used principally in Korean and Indic linguistics, in order to distinguish a particular "adverbative" form from more general "adverbial" phenomena.