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putative

Pronunciation: /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/

The English word “putative” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
  2. Accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
  3. Alleged, purported, ostensible, professed.
  4. Prospective, potential, proposed.

Etymology

First attested c. 1432, from Middle French putatif, from Latin putātīvus (“supposed, purported”), from putātus (“thought”), from putō (“to think, to consider, to reckon”).

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