Word Origin Summary

Comparātīvus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• comparative

  English · derived from

• komparatiivinen

  Finnish · derived from

• comparativo

  Spanish · derived from

• comparativo

  Italian · derived from

• comparativo

  Portuguese · derived from

• comparatif

  Middle English · derived from

• komparatiivi

  Finnish · derived from

• compathatif

  Norman · derived from

What You Can Explore

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