productive English · revision 6409

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1612|origins=la duco}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, /pɹəˈdʌk.təv/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|productif]] or directly [[bor|la-med|productīvus|t=fit for production]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|productus]], the past participle of [[m|la|produco|alt=prōdūcere|t=to bring forth]] (see [[produce]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Producing or tending to produce: 1612.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Causing or resulting in something, ''productive of'', is from 1647.^(OED 1989) Fertile, producing abundantly, is from 1706.^(Etymonline) In political economy, producing wealth or value is from 1776.^(OED 1989) A productive cough brings up mucus (1923).^(OED 1989) Achieving a lot, as ''a productive meeting'', is a common modern use.^(Collins 2023)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1612 – tending to produce.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1647 – causing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1706 – fertile.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1776 – in economics.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Producing a great deal; achieving useful results.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Producing goods or crops; [[fertile]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(economics)'' Producing goods and services that have value.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[productively]]

+ * [[productiveness]]

+ * [[semiproductive]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[productivity]]

+ * [[produce]]

+ * [[product]]

+ * [[production]]

+ * [[conduct]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}