Etymograph

English

propagative

From propagate + -ive.

A compound of propagate + -ive

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’

Latin prōpāgātus ‘propagated’

English propagate

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or produced by propagation

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