accommodative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin com-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Latin commodusnom.

Latin commodum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin commodō

Latin accommodō

Latin accommodātusbor.

English accommodate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English accommodative

From accommodate + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪt.ɪv/

Adjective

accommodative (comparative more accommodative, superlative most accommodative)

1. Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
   • 2021, Jón Steinsson, Online Panel: A New Macroeconomics?, efip Research Brief, July 2021

     This fact points in a similar direction as the high MPC fact: macro stimulus can raise output substantially in circumstances when monetary policy is accommodative (e.g., at the ZLB).

Derived terms

• accommodatively
• accommodativeness
• hypoaccommodative
• nonaccommodative
• overaccommodative
• unaccommodative
• underaccommodative