# caritive

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to the caritive case.
2. Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.

## Etymology
From Latin careo (“I lack, am without”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/caritive