progressif
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔɡʁɛsif/, /pʁɔɡʁesif/
Adjective
progressif (feminine singular progressive, masculine plural progressifs, feminine plural progressives)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “progressif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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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