Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assentive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sen-tive
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Giving assent; agreeing.

Etymology

Etymology tree English assent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English assentive From assent + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more assentive (comparative) most assentive (superlative)

Derived Forms

assentiveness

Questions

What does assentive mean?: Giving assent; agreeing.
Where does assentive come from?: Etymology tree English assent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English assentive From assent + -ive.

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