costitutive
Costitutive is a term found in several European languages, most notably Italian, where it means constitutive in English. In English writing, the standard spelling is constitutive. Costitutive may appear in multilingual or historical texts as a translational variant, or in contexts where non-English sources influence the vocabulary.
Etymology and usage notes: The word derives from Latin constituere, through Romance-language forms. In English, constitutive
Contexts and examples: In law, constitutive can refer to documents or acts that create and define an
Usage guidance: In English prose, use constitutive rather than costitutive. Reserve costitutive for direct cites from