Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

restitutive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: resti-tu-tive
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to restitution; tending to restore to a previous state.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more restitutive (comparative) most restitutive (superlative)

Derived Forms

restitutively restitutiveness

Phrases

restitutive fantasy

Questions

What does restitutive mean?: Of or pertaining to restitution; tending to restore to a previous state.
Where does restitutive come from?: Etymology tree English restitute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English restitutive From restitute + -ive.

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