Where does “tardíu” come from?

tardíu (Asturian) comes from Latin tardīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

tardíu (Asturian): autumn, fall

Definitions

  1. autumn, fall

Ancestry of “tardíu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintardīvuslate
2Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin tardīvus →