Translation
relative
Word origin
An international borrowing of Latin relativus, from referre ('to carry back, to relate'), built from re plus ferre ('to carry'). English relative, relate and relation carry the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- relativus
- English cognates
- relative, relate, relation
Examples
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Beauty is a relative matter.
sukceso .
His success is only relative.
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We lived in relative peace for many years.
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