late 14c., "reproductive, pertaining to propagation," from generate + -ive. Use in linguistics is attested by 1959. Related: Generativity.
generative power
generative forces
the reproductive or generative organs
generalize
generally
generalship
generate
generation
generative
generator
generic
generosity
generous
-genesis
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