Question

what does "tive" mean in the word attractive

Answer 1

it's an adjective so "tive" mean , one answer at a time.
strong and positives or to add to the meaning of word "tive is used as a suffix.......


Word Origin and History for attractive Expand. adj. late 14c., "absorptive," from Middle French attractif (14c.), from attract-, past participle stem of attrahere (see attract). Meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c.1600.