Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Optative has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Ancient Greek), used to express a wish. English does not have inflectional optative forms.
indicating an option or wish
Expressing a wish or a choice.