Morpheme
-ive
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, tending to, doing, serving to do”
Etymology
Old French -if and 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
