Where does “abreviatiu” come from?

abreviatiu (Catalan) comes from Catalan -tiu, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

abreviatiu (Catalan): abbreviatory serving to abbreviate

Definitions

  1. abbreviatory serving to abbreviate

Ancestry of “abreviatiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-tiu—
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 Catalan -tiu →