appellative
noun/əˈpelətɪv/
/əˈpelətɪv/
(specialist)- a common noun that is used to address a person or thing, for example ‘mother’ or ‘doctor’Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin appellativus, from appellat- ‘addressed’, from the verb appellare ‘to address’, based on ad- ‘to’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
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