progressif
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
progressif (feminine progressive, masculine plural progressifs, feminine plural progressives)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “progressif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1372 by Jean Corbichon (also known as Corbechon). Borrowed from Latin prōgressīvus. See below.
Adjective
progressif m (feminine singular progressive, masculine plural progressifs, feminine plural progressives)
- progressive (favoring or promoting progress)
- circa 1372, Jean Corbichon, Le Livre de Propriété des Choses
- Vertu alant, que les clercs appellent vertu progressive
- circa 1372, Jean Corbichon, Le Livre de Propriété des Choses
Usage notes
- 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.
Related terms
References
- 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)
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