Destructive
来自Big Physics
Safin（讨论 | 贡献）2022年4月27日 (三) 08:31的版本 （建立内容为“Category:etymology == google == [https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=destructive+etymology&newwindow=1&hl=en ref] Middle English: from Latin destructio(n- ),…”的新页面）
Middle English: from Latin destructio(n- ), from the verb destruere (see destroy).
wiktionary
From Middle French destructif, from Latin destructivus, from past participle of destruere(“to tear down, destroy”) + -ivus.
etymonline
destructive (adj.)
"causing destruction, tending to destroy," late 15c. (Caxton), from Old French destructif (14c.), from Late Latin destructivus, from destruct-, past-participle stem of Latin destruere "to tear down, demolish" (see destroy). Related: Destructively; destructiveness.
