apertive

English

adj

Definitions

(medicine) Causing the body to open; dissolving blockages or having a purgative or diuretic effect.
Pertaining to or using an aperture; apertural.
Tending to open.

Etymology

Derived from Latin apertūra (opening).

Origin

Latin

apertūra

Gloss

opening

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aperture English
*obertūra Latin
*opertūra Latin
apertūra Latin
apertura Italian
apertuur Dutch, Flemish
aperture French
ouverture French
abertura Spanish, Castilian
apertura Spanish, Castilian
abertura Portuguese
abertura Asturian

aperture