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Relation, from the Latin, relatio (referre, relatum ), means a reference, bearing, or towardness, and relative signifies the substantive mea… FORMATIVE , FORMATIVE.
1. In PHILOLOGY, a derivational AFFIX, especially one that determines part of speech or WORD class: -ness in darkness, forming a noun from… Form , FORM
From the Latin forma, a term signifying figure or shape or "that which is seen" (Gr. ε[symbol omitted]δος) and having many derived meanings, suc… Sodium Sulfate , Glau·ber's salt / ˈgloubərz/ • n. (also Glau·ber's salts) a crystalline hydrated form of sodium sulfate, used chiefly as a laxative. related , re·lat·ed / riˈlātid/ • adj. belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected: sleeping sickness and related diseases. ∎ [in comb.] associated… Anthropo- , anthropo- comb. form of Gr. ánthrōpos man; e.g. anthrōpológos treating of man, whence modL. anthrōpologia, Eng. anthropology (XVI); ecclGr. anthrōpom…
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