1640s; see erupt + -ive. Perhaps from French éruptif.
an eruptive disease
a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring
eructation
erudite
erudition
erupt
eruption
eruptive
-ery
erysipelas
erythema
erythro-
Erzgebirge
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