Original Research: Descriptive or Analytical, Either-Or or Both-And?
descriptive (adj.) “serving or aiming to describe,” 1751, from Late Latin descriptivus, from descript-, past-participle stem of describere “to write down, copy; sketch, represent,” from de “down” (see de-) + scribere “to write” (from PIE root *skribh- “to cut”). Related: Descriptively; descriptive...
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Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery |
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| Online Access: | https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/2427 |
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| Summary: | descriptive (adj.)
“serving or aiming to describe,” 1751, from Late Latin descriptivus, from descript-, past-participle stem of describere “to write down, copy; sketch, represent,” from de “down” (see de-) + scribere “to write” (from PIE root *skribh- “to cut”). Related: Descriptively; descriptiveness.
1Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/descriptive
© 2001-2024 Douglas Harper
analytical (adj.)
“employing analytic methods,” 1520s, with -al (1) + Medieval Latin analyticus, from analyticus, from Greek analytikos “analytical,” from analytos “dissolved,” from analyein “unloose, release, set free,” from ana “up, back, throughout” (see ana) + lysis “a loosening,” from lyein “to unfasten” (from PIE root *leu- “to loosen, divide, cut apart”).
2Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/analytical
© 2001-2024 Douglas Harper
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| ISSN: | 1908-4889 2094-1501 |