I. iv, ēv also əv adjective suffix
Etymology: Middle English -if, -ive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French -if, from Latin -ivus; akin to (assumed) Greek -eiwos (whence Greek -eios -ive)
: that performs or tends toward or serves to accomplish an (indicated) action especially regularly or lastingly
amus ive
coordinat ive
II. noun suffix
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English -if, -ive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French -if, from Latin -ivus, from -ivus, adjective suffix
: something that performs or tends toward or serves to accomplish an (indicated) action especially regularly or lastingly
sedat ive
direct ive
correlat ive