offensif
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus.[1][2] By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.[2]
Adjective
[edit]offensif (feminine offensive, masculine plural offensifs, feminine plural offensives)
- offensive
- Antonym: inoffensif
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “offendere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 330
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “offensif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- French terms derived from Latin
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