Etymograph

English

sativa

Sativa comes from mul Cannabis sativa ‘sativa form of marijuana’, from Latin satīvus ‘cultivated’, and ultimately from īvus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvus1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatīvus2as sativa‘cultivated’
  3. mulmodernCannabis sativa2‘sativa form of marijuana’
  4. Englishtodaysativa2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sativus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sativa

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīvusWiktionary, Latin sativus
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatīvusWiktionary, English sativaas sativa‘cultivated’
  3. mulmodernCannabis sativaWiktionary, English sativa‘sativa form of marijuana’
  4. EnglishtodaysativaWiktionary, English sativa

Linked words

through Latin īvus

positive, festival, native, naive, festive, nativity, festivity, 9 more

Today it means

noun Cannabis sativa, a widely consumed form of cannabis.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sativa”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sativus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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