Definition of the word resultative

The word "resultative" has its roots in the Latin word "resolutivus," which means "resolving" or "explaining." This term was adapted into the French language during the 19th century, where it was used to describe a grammatical construction called the antipassive voice. In the antipassive voice, the object of a transitive verb becomes the subject, and the verb is inflected to show that it has lost its object. The French antipassive voice expressed the resulting state or notion of an action, rather than the action itself. This concept was then borrowed by linguists and borrowed into English in the mid-20th century, where it became known as the "resultative" voice, used to describe a sentence structure that explicitates the final state achieved by an action. In summary, the word "resultative" comes from the French language, where it described the antipassive voice construction that highlighted the resulting state of an action, and this word was later adopted into English by linguists to describe a similar construction in other languages, including English.