"reconstructive" meaning in English

See reconstructive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reconstructive From reconstruct + -ive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|reconstruct|-ive|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? 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  1. which reconstructs Derived forms: reconstructively, reconstructive mortician, reconstructiveness, reconstructive surgery, reconstructivism
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sterh₃-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm",
        "English terms suffixed with -ive",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon"
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        "which reconstructs"
      ],
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          "reconstruct"
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    }
  ],
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}

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