[1590–1600; accept + -ive, on the model of receptive]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: attack, class, squeeze, tea, tube-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, destructive, passive, sportive