Synonyms & related words for preteritive

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Words related to preteritive

Explore words related to preteritive — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include aoristic, perfectivity, preterit, aorist, perfectiveness, participially, perfectively, preterpluperfect. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does preteritive come from?

The word preteritive breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: preter-, from Latin praeter (“beyond, past”); it, from Latin ire (“to go”); and -ive, from Latin ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.