progressif

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) +‎ -īvus. From progress(ion) +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif/ ~ /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sif/
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Adjective

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progressif (feminine progressive, masculine plural progressifs, feminine plural progressives)

  1. progressive (gradually advancing)
  2. (obsolete) progressive, progressionist (supporting social/technological progress)
    Synonym: progressiste

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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First known attestation circa 1372 by Jean Corbichon (also known as Corbechon). Borrowed from Latin prōgressīvus. See below.

Adjective

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progressif m (feminine singular progressive, masculine plural progressifs, feminine plural progressives)

  1. progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
    • c. 1372, Jean Corbichon, Le Livre de Propriété des Choses:
      Vertu alant, que les clercs appellent vertu progressive
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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  • Precise meaning is uncertain as the Corbichon citation is the only one in the Middle French period.
  • Unlikely to be the etymon of French progressif because the next know attestation of progressif is in 1671, 300 years later. French progressif is a separate borrowing from Latin.
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References

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  • progressif on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (progressif, supplement)