Relating to, practicing, or characterized by charity; inclined toward charitable giving or acts.
Derived from 'charity' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ative' (from Latin '-ativus'), creating an adjective meaning 'tending toward' or 'characterized by,' similar to 'talkative' or 'creative.'
The word 'charitative' is rare in modern English, but it reveals how words like 'charitable' actually have a double origin—both directly from Latin 'caritas' and through the derived form 'charitative.'
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