noun
    
    plural -tives
    
    [count] a word formed from another word
    
    
    
    something that comes from something else :a substance that is made from another substance
    
    
    
    
    
    adjective
    
    [more ~; most ~] usually disapproving :made up of parts from something else :not new or original
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    formed from another word