appellativeness
|ap-pel-la-tive-ness|
/əˌpɛlətɪv.nəs/
quality of being a name
Etymology
'appellativeness' originates from Latin, specifically from the adjective 'appellativus' and the verb 'appellare', where 'appellare' meant 'to call' or 'to name'; the modern English noun is formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'appellative'.
'appellativeness' developed from Latin 'appellativus' (from 'appellare') into Medieval/Modern Latin and Old French forms related to naming, then entered English as 'appellative' (adj./n.) and later produced the abstract noun 'appellativeness' by adding English '-ness'.
Initially connected with the action 'to call' or 'to name' in Latin, the root evolved into an adjective meaning 'relating to naming' and in modern English the derived noun denotes the quality or property of being used as a name or designation.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the quality or state of being appellative; the tendency or capacity of a word or expression to serve as a name or designation.
The appellativeness of the newly coined term helped it spread quickly through academic texts.
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Noun 2
in linguistics, the property of an expression that makes it suitable for use as an appellation or label for something (a classificatory or naming function).
Scholars discussed the appellativeness of color terms across different languages.
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