venitive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Indicating motion to or toward a thing.
noun
A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.
Example Sentences
- "The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb."
- "[…] a derivational suffix indicating ‘movement toward the speaker or deictic center’. […] a derivational venitive […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: veniō