Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Appellative has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
a common noun
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
inclined to or serving for the giving of names
"the appellative faculty of children"
"the appellative function of some primitive rites"
of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun