[1685–95; ‹ L pervers(us) perverse + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commodore, patchwork, protectorate, sideline, solo-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, detective, passive