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protective (adj.)
[protective 词源字典]
1660s, from
protect
+
-ive
. As a noun from 1875. Related:
Protectively
;
protectiveness
.
Protective custody
is from 1933, translating German
Schutzhaft
, used cynically by the Nazis.
[protective etymology, protective origin, 英语词源]