Morpheme
-ive
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, relating to, belonging to, tending to, of the nature of, serving to, doing”
Etymology
Middle English -yf; Anglo-Norman and Old French -if; Latin -īvus
Evidence
active, -ative, corrective, corrosive, cultivate, directive, emotive, exertive, explosive, reflexive, inquisitive, -itive, motive, native, pensive, progressive, pulsive, restrictive, sative, sensitive, stative
Notes
follows [s, ks, t], often suffixed to -ate and -ite
